I don’t buy children, I make them, says the father of 18, Penny Penny

Papa Penny Penny, real name Eric Nkovani, has once again addressed reports that he had admitted to being Cassper Nyovest’s father, saying they were false, in a recent interview with DJ Sbu.

According to Penny Penny, the rumours came after a picture Cassper took with him before he became a big star but only posted on Facebook when he became famous.

“I think that rumour went on for more than two years, and they said, he looks like you,” he told Sbu, who said they did look alike and that their only difference was the hairstyle, as Cassper had a ponytail.

The rumours turned into stories that Penny Penny said he initially didn’t take seriously, as he thought people were just joking around.

“And then people started making stories on Facebook – ‘DNA said I’m his biological father’. But, you know, I always said, ah they are just joking; they are just joking like that.”

This is when Drum Magazine picked up the story and requested an interview with Penny Penny, though they told him they wanted to discuss Clash Of The Choirs, a show he was part of at the time.

“And then one day, the time of the Clash Of The Choirs, they [Drum Magazine] asked to come and do an interview about Clash Of The Choirs at my home. Then we did the interview, and after its release, I see ‘Penny Penny says Cassper is my son’.

“And we were recording, I don’t do telephonic interviews. I need to record, and we sign what I’ve said.”

After reading the headline, he said he was shocked.

“Me, I never said that. Then I said: ‘Bring the tape,’ but Drum Magazine never brought the tape.”

“And then I saw that I was getting sued, and when I was surprised, they put me and Cassper when they never put me and the mother.”

The magazine has since reached a settlement with Cassper’s mother after she sued them for the story, though Penny Penny said they had not done the same with him.

“It was very painful to lie on me. It was like I was buying the son because Cassper is a star. I cannot buy a child; I make children.”

He said the story made it look like he wanted to use the Mama I Made It hitmaker to make a comeback to TV screens, something he said he did not need, as he was also a star.

Penny Penny has a wife and 18 children.