Zari Hassan has denied claims that the video of Diamond Platnumz and her holding hands is the root cause of her marriage to Shakib Cham Lutaaya hitting a strong turbulence.
Speaking during a phone interview with Millard Ayo TV, Zari reiterated that the video was shot to promote Diamond’s new song ‘Mapoz’.
The Ugandan socialite explained that the video was shot in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 18, 2024, on the sidelines of the reality series Young, Famous & African (YFA).
Zari additionally disclosed that Zuchu and other people were present during the shooting of the video where she held hands with Diamond.
“Sasa siku ile tulikua tunashoot kwenye YFA kule Johannesburg Baba T akaniambia ‘Mama T video yangu naona haitembei vizuri tufanye video, nisaidie unifanyie promo ntaipost kwa hio wimbo nkasema poa. Hapo hapo Zuchu amesimama tena Zuchu kabisa alikua amesimama na watoto ameshika Nillan na Latifah. Dadangu Zahara amekuwepo, kaka alikua amekuja na mtu wa kuchange pesa Diamond alikua na hela anataka kuchange. The whole family was there,” Zari said.
The 43-year-old mother of five, however, regretted that she did not inform her husband Shakib that she was shooting the video with Diamond.
Zari stated that Shakib totally lost his cool on seeing the video of her and Diamond trending on social media.
“Hio ilikua Sunday last week. Thursday Baba T akapost hio video. Video imetoka naona mambo yameanza. Shakib was at home na siku hio because we had finished shooting alikua anarudi Uganda. Na hajarudi because of the video, Thursday kabisa he was supposed to go back to Uganda. Nimefika nyumbani akaniambia ‘lakini mke wangu hivi vitu mbona mi sielewi?’ Nkamwambia mme wangu unaona kweli sijakuambia tulishoot hio video, hio ndo nadhani ni tatizo yangu’. I didn’t tell him na hio kabisa ni makosa yangu because ningemuweka kwenye consideration kujua he is my husband and I was meant to him ‘look I did a video na Baba T but it is strictly for the promotion of the song’.
“Sasa yeye mwenye kweli kabisa ameshtuka ameona hio video on Instagram ikatokea that ‘why did you tell me because such things zikitokea I look disrespected. Inaonekana kama wewe ukiwa na baba watoto wako unanidisrespect na vitu kama hivyo’. Hapo hapo nkamwambia ‘unaona honestly nisamehe, ningerudi kabisa kukuambia’. Alikua ameshika feelings, he was so upset about it and all of that,” Zari said.
Troubled relationships
Zari Hassan additionally noted that the controversial video emerged when Diamond and Zuchu’s relationship and her marriage to Shakib were going through challenges.
The Ugandan socialite stressed that the video was only a catalyst to her already troubled marriage to Shakib.
Zari further disclosed that her marriage to Shakib has been on the rocks since at least November 2023 when she started deleting his photos from her Instagram account.
“Sasa wacha niseme Zuchu na Baba T ni Couple A, sisi na Shakib ni Couple B. Hivi vitu vimetokea kama Couple A ina shida zao zinaendelea huko na sisi Couple B tulikua na shida zetu. Kuna vitu zilikua zinatokea na mimi na Shakib during our relationship. Ile video imeongeza tu on what was already was happening. Lakini Zuchu kutoa statement ‘ohh nko single nimeachana naye’ is not about that video because she was there, Wao wenyewe wamekua na matatizo yao. Na mimi na Shakib tumekua na matatizo yetu ndo umeona hapo I think it was November/December nlianza kufuta picha za Shakib nazitoa. Tulikua na matatizo, big, big issues. So haiwezi kutoa ohh saa hizi it is Baba T and Zari ndo Shakib anajiweka kwa hio situation ama Zuchu anaenda,” Zari said.
The mother of five further revealed that Shakib and she had decided to give each other space and that he was even going back to Uganda when the video of Diamond and her holding hands emerged.
“Kwa upande wetu kwenye Couple B tumekua na matatizo yetu kidogo inaendelea since last year. So yeye kusema he is going back to Uganda it was more like basi tupeane space and then we see how this goes,” Zari said.
DJ Alisha
Zari added that Shakib gave bloggers an old video of him and his ex-lover DJ Alisha smooching in the car as a retaliation to the video of her and Diamond holding hands.
The undated video showed the Uganda-based Rwandan DJ passionately licking Zari’s husband like a lollipop as they cuddled amorously in a car while driving.
“Huyo mwanamke najua ametoka na Shakib I don’t know if it was 2019 ama 2020 alikua anatoka na Shakib. Tena hio video Shakib mwenyewe ndo he gave kuna two bloggers his friends nawajua naongeanga nao sana. Yeye mwenyewe ndo ameshika hio video akawapa hao mabloggers kuisambaza because it was more like if you can be chilling with your exes like that na mi nko na maex wangu naweza kutoa hizi videos. I think ameifanya out of frustration that what I did alikua anataka kunionyesha na mimi pia naweza kufanya,” Zari said.
