{"id":213728,"date":"2025-07-08T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=213728"},"modified":"2025-07-08T08:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:55:07","slug":"it-was-traumatic-baaj-adebule-clarifies-controversial-virginity-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/08\/it-was-traumatic-baaj-adebule-clarifies-controversial-virginity-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was traumatic\u201d: Baaj Adebule clarifies controversial virginity comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Nollywood actor Baaj Adebule has revisited his now-viral 2024 remarks about not wanting to marry a virgin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">WITHIN NIGERIA recalls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/01\/31\/why-i-dont-want-to-marry-a-virgin-baaj-adegbule-spills\/\">the 36-year-old sparked major conversations last year after saying he found the idea of \u201cdisvirgining\u201d a woman traumatic,<\/a> based on a personal experience from his younger days. In his words:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s3\">I don\u2019t want to marry a virgin. Because first, obviously, you will have to do the disvirgining which is something I\u2019ve been through before and it is quite traumatic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cWhen people think about it, they only think about the lady, nobody thinks about the guy and what he goes through to do it. It is a very terrible experience for a guy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Now, in a fresh interview with <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Nollywood on Radio<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, Baaj<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Adebule insists his statement was misunderstood. He explained:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe were having a wholesome conversation about virginity. How it\u2019s a good thing and worth celebrating,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cBut I also said it shouldn\u2019t be used to shame others or make anyone feel superior.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213730\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7515.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7515.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7515-300x280.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7515-1024x956.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7515-768x717.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baaj Adebule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Baaj clarified that he wasn\u2019t trying to vilify virginity or those who choose to wait, but was merely speaking from personal experience. According to him, being someone\u2019s first can come with unexpected emotional pressure. He recalled his experience:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI shared a moment from when I was much younger. She was a virgin, and it was just\u2026 hard. There was crying, there was blood and no one was enjoying it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI love intimacy that\u2019s mutually enjoyable, and in that situation, it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/12\/31\/how-i-cut-off-a-lady-at-talking-stage-over-plantain-actor-baaj-adebule-narrates-video\/\">The actor who once revealed he parted ways with a lady over her plantain,<\/a> made it clear he respects people who choose to stay virgins till marriage. \u201cI<em>f you can pull that off, it\u2019s amazing. But it\u2019s not something that should be weaponized,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Baaj Adebule, who is still single, said he simply wants his future relationship to be grounded in mutual comfort and emotional connection and he\u2019s not here for online misinterpretations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actor Baaj Adebule has revisited his now-viral 2024 remarks about not wanting to marry a virgin. WITHIN NIGERIA recalls the 36-year-old sparked major conversations last year after saying he found the idea of \u201cdisvirgining\u201d a woman traumatic, based on a personal experience from his younger days. 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