“I started drinking alcohol for fun” – Singer Teni reveals

Popular Nigerian musician, Teniola Apata has revealed that she started drinking alcohol in 2021 for fun, despite being in the music industry for six years.

She made this known when she refused a host’s offer for a drink during a recent episode of the Zero Conditions Podcast.

Teni also revealed that she had stopped drinking in response to the host’s offer, explaining that it wasn’t hard for her to quit since she had only started in 2021.

She added that even though there was constant pressure to take alcohol while in school, she managed to abstain from it while attending the University of Georgia in the United States.

She said:

“I began drinking in 2021. I’m a naturally adventurous person. I’ve been in this industry for six years without drinking or smoking. I started drinking for fun, and the first time was in Lagos.

At home, I thought, ‘You guys are always getting drunk, what does it feel like? Let me just try it.’ So, I drank Henny, but I didn’t get drunk. I was waiting for it to happen, but it didn’t, so I just went to sleep. Everybody was like, ‘Aaah, Teni’.

I didn’t drink while I was in school. Do you know what school I went to? The University of Georgia, it’s a football school, and there’s a lot of pressure to drink, but I didn’t. I only ever do what I want to do. In all the videos and skits where I hold a cup, it’s usually juice or water.”