Internet sensation, Afua ASantewaa claims the Guinness World Records violated their contract when they revealed the outcome of her singing marathon before she could.
During an interview with GTV, she clarified that the terms of the contract she signed with GWR stipulated that she would receive notification of the findings so she could make the announcement to the public
“In the contract we signed, until I decide to let it out, they can’t. There are so many things I have tried in the past that I willingly embraced failure (and) that brought me this far. So why would I hide the results from the public? No way,” she said.
Afua Asantewaa said she was unaware of the record attempt results as of Friday, February 23, when GWR responded to a tweet, citing her inability to read the email that GWR had sent out with the information.
She mentioned that she notified the GWR on February 12 when she couldn’t access the email, but they haven’t responded to her as of yet.
“As we speak, I cannot log in. And we had screenshots of it as if I knew this would happen. I lodged a complaint with them that I cannot access their website or my account so they should look into it for me because I need official documents, whatever they’ve sent to make a statement.”
Afua Asantewaa said that she and her team were making plans to announce the results once GWR got back to them.
“What I understand is that everybody is emotional about this and anticipating a lot and I know that they wish that the results came from us. We were even planning where to break the news when we received it. We wanted to do a press conference and all that.”