Celebrated Kenyan gospel artiste Jimmy Gait on Friday night surprised many when he broke down during a live television interview.
Appearing on NTV's The Trend show, the musician got emotional and almost shed tears as he recounted how Kenyans trolled him after releasing his song "Yesu Ndio Sponsor".
An emotional Jimmy Gait disclosed the difficult moments he went through as Kenyans took to social media with insults forgetting all his good songs and the good things he had done.
"One song made Kenyans insult me and think I am trash, I felt really bad" he lamented.
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Shortly afterwards, Twitter erupted as netizens shared their opinions regarding the interview. Some found humour in his reaction while others criticised him for the emotional interview.
*Jimmy Gait cries on national TV*
Kenyans: Where are the tears bruh? pic.twitter.com/M0iBe3hZFp— Kung Okwonfree (@Okwonfree) May 19, 2017
It so sad when Jimmy Gait shed dry tears on National television while we didn't cry when he compared our Jesus with "Sponsors" #HeyAnita
— Cyruz Kariuki (@KariukiCyruz) May 19, 2017
Jimmy gait at the beginning of the interview vs 10 minutes later #Thetrend #HeyAnita pic.twitter.com/oyH8gnyPJQ
— Edwin THÙMBI (@Iam_edwinthumbi) May 19, 2017
Gait's loyal fans, on the other hand, came out to strongly defend the celebrated singer in the midst of the storm.
Jimmy Gait is right he is human, those bullying him through cyber can't even pull a relic leave a lone a song, so bad
— Freethinker (@Tonnie_tash) May 20, 2017
Y'all should leave Jimmy Gait alone. You don't know the pain , the struggle , challenges for one to be successful. it hurts
— Maigua Trend Setter™ (@Maigua_TS) May 20, 2017
Others were generous with a few words of encouragement maintaining that a little career advice would take the singer to the next level.#JimmyGaitResponds
Jimmy Gait is trying to respond to #KOT #missionimpossible6 pic.twitter.com/GlC7w54MrV
— J Elkanah (@kenyan_unknown) May 16, 2017
Even before the interview, Kenyans had already taken to the social media to comment about the singer known for creating songs inspired by trending topics.
Why is it tht everytime there's a crisis, some fictitious Jimmy Gait releases a song? Mara "Mbinguni Unga Ni Affordable!"#BrokersExposed
— The Big Bill (@thebig_bill) May 10, 2017
