Popular Nigerian Media entrepreneur, Mo Abudu has expressed her displeasure and demanded that Sky News takes down a post where they referred to the threaded hairstyle as a "spiky coronavirus haircut" that gained popularity because it resembles the shape of the Coronavirus.
The threaded hairstyle is a style that has been popular among African women for decades. However, Sky News claimed the style was just gaining popularity because of its resemblance to the deadly virus. Also, they called it a "haircut".
Displeased with this misrepresentation, Ebony Life TV founder, Mo Abudu took to Instagram to correct Sky News while demanding they take down the post.haring photos of African women wearing the threaded hairstyle long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. Abudu wrote: