Harrysong Vs. YES Magazine: Did Pop singer say his folks were siblings?

By Osagie Alonge

Harrysong says the media should respect the memory of his late mother. Photo: Facebook

Harrysong has denied ever saying his parents were siblings.

The Pop singer’s denial comes hours after reports quoted a YES Magazine interview where Harrysong allegedly stated that his father and mother are related by blood as brothers and sisters.

In a statement released by his publicist, Harrysong also says not only did he never speak with YES Magazine, he hasn’t granted any interview in the last 12 months.

‘I have not granted any magazine an interview in the last 12 months where I spoke about my late parent so I find it worrisome, disheartening that a magazine would manufacture a story like such. It is disturbing‘, Harrysong says.

‘I implore that the blogs and magazine respect the memory of my late mother and retract the story/interview. I really I’m busy promoting my new video for ‘story’‘, he added.

A former staff at YES Magazine however says the interview did take place and there is a recording to prove it. ‘I listened to the recording back then and heard him say so, that I can tell you‘, a former staff of the tabloid paper (who’d rather remain anonymous) told NET.

Two days after Harry’s statement, YES Magazine released a statement insisting that the Pop singer did have the interview and told them his parents were indeed siblings.

‘As a responsible medium, Yes International! had wanted to ignore him and his deliberate act of mischief. But on a second thought, we decided otherwise, because in our considered opinion, it will be suicidal to disregard the young man’s insinuations and cheap blackmail. However, we are also not unaware of Harrysong’s ignorance and this again is a restraining factor on our side‘, the statement read.

As earlier reported, the YES Magazine interview is believed to have been published in 2012 and not ‘recently’ as reported by several blogs. The editors explain that the story resurfaced because they recently republished the article on their website.

‘For the records, it is important to state that this controversial interview resurfaced because our website crashed and in rebuilding it, we are uploading our lost materials‘.

This will make it the second time a celebrity will deny a YES Magazine interview. In August 2013, Genevieve Nnaji also denied having an interview with the tabloid after it alleged the Nollywood actress spoke with them. That interview was also a reproduction of an earlier interview that may have escaped the actress’ memory.

My last official interview was with @GenevieveMag. Anything else is either false or as old as my career. #JustSaying

— Genevieve Nnaji MFR (@GenevieveNnaji1) August 26, 2013

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