“Spider Ndio Ilinidishi” TikToker Aq9ine Claims He Did Not Eat Spider

TikToker Aq9ine now claims the entire incident was just another instance of things that never happened, a week after he went viral and was purportedly hospitalized for cooking and eating a spider.

The video producer said that a spider bit him on his way to work during an interview with Youtuber Nicholas Kioko.

“Sikukula spider, spider ndio ilinidhishi….sio kila kitu mnaona kwa social media ni ukweli…” the content creator said.
“Wewe unaweza kula spider na vile iko na manywele kwa mgongo? wewe ukiwa na akili mzuri unaweza dishi kitu kama hiyo?”

While setting the record straight on the story that gripped local headlines, Aq9ine said he was tensed after getting an allergic reaction from the spider bite.

“Niliumwa na spider kwa mkono…hapa, na nilikuwa naenda kazi na tulikuwa na foreman wangu, mimi hufanya kazi construction, mjengo…” he added.

“Niliumiwa Chogoria, kwa hardware… nikifanya video nilikuwa nimetense so hata sijui kitu nilisema,”

The content creator says he was surprised hours later to realise that the video had gone viral

“Nilikuwa nahudumiwa nyumbani na Dr. Rose, kuingia kwa mtandao najiona huko Nairobi gossip nikashindwa, rada?” he added.
Aq9ine gained notoriety after posting multiple films in which he cooked and consumed a variety of foods, including a mole, a bat, and the slimy staple of Nigeria, okra.

However, it was a video in which he flaunted his swollen face while making claims that he had consumed a spider that catapulted him to national popularity and raised concerns about the lengths to which content makers will go in order to attract the elusive views.