Derenle Edun says he is a sexual outlaw

Renowned media personality ,Derenle Edun
has opened up in a new interview with
Punch .He says he is single and can’t change
for any woman..He also addressed the gay
rumours
Over time, they have labelled me
as a homosexual, heterosexual,
bi-sexual, I have been called all
sorts of names. When people
see that you are successful in
the entertainment industry, they
try to peddle some negative
stories about you. Maybe they
call me names because of the
way I dress. When I started out
and people began calling me
such names, I found it very
disturbing, annoying, and
demeaning but I laugh about it
now. When I am asked about my
sexuality, I just tell them that I
am a sexual outlaw. I don’t
think my sexuality should be an
issue because I am doing my
work very well.

But are you gay?

All I can say to that is that I am
a sexual outlaw.

Are you in a relationship?

I am single. I am not going to
deny the fact that I am human
and I have feelings. I would not
say that I have been celibate or
lonely because that would be a
lie. I am not celibate; however, I
am quite principled when it
comes to relationships.
God has blessed me and still
blessing me, so I would not
misuse the privilege of my job to
use and dump all the ladies that
constantly come my way. Some
ladies think that being with me
would place them at a certain
level and because of that, they
throw themselves at me but I do
not misuse the privilege I have.
That does not mean that I am a
saint. I am not a saint. There is
somebody in the picture but we
are not so sure of our status
right now. We have been tossing
it back and forth for a while. We
are still deliberating. The person
is fully committed but I am not
really ready. I feel like I have
frustrated her to a large extent
and she has tolerated me for a
very long time. We have been
friends for a while. I am a very
inconsistent person; she could
call or send a message and I
will not reply until after fivedays.
I will not use my job as an
excuse because it would be a
wrong thing to do
What can be done to catch your attention?
Nothing really; I just love people
that are natural and down to
earth. I love people who can
makedialogue with me in a
matter of seconds. I don’t want
a yes-man around me. I have
met people like that in the
course of time. I have also met
very interesting people.
A girl once asked me at a point
in time if I could change my
brand identity for her and I
willingly agreed. I told her I
would change for her because
she was somebody I really liked.
But unfortunately, things did not
work out. This was about four
years ago. I still like her and my
close friends know that I still like
her a lot. She was seeing
someone at the time and I was
willing to share her. That was
how much I liked her. I would
not say she was extremely
gorgeous but there was
something very special about
her that I could not lay my
fingers on. Her name is Yvonne.
But that is in the past.

So it is possible for you to change for love?

At that point, I was willing to.
But now, I will think twice about
it. I sincerely doubt I can change
for any woman. I have had my
fingers burnt so many times, I
don’t think I am willing to make
that sacrifice for anyone. I have
made a lot of sacrifices for
people, now it is their turn to
start making sacrifices for me.
I am not leaving my career or
changing for anybody. I would
rather stay single because at the
end of the day, it is about inner
happiness. Inner happiness is
something that took me a while
to find because I was trying to
make too many people happy at
my own detriment but I realised
at the end of the day only my
happiness matters. Now that I
have peace of mind that, I don’t
owe anybody any favours. -