Wendy Shay breaks silence on viral Lasmid video: ‘Everything has been blown out of proportion’

Ghanaian singer Wendy Shay has explained the viral moment in which she was seen removing fellow musician Lasmid’s hand from her thigh, saying the incident has been exaggerated on social media.

The moment sparked widespread reactions after a video surfaced online in late September 2026 showing the two artistes seated together on a couch. In the clip, Wendy Shay is seen moving Lasmid’s hand away from her lap as they prepared for a shoot.

Some social media users criticised Wendy Shay, with some claiming that she had embarrassed Lasmid and should apologise publicly. Others turned the incident into memes, joking about how the singer may have felt after his hand was moved.

Speaking on DJ Slim’s podcast, Wendy Shay gave her side of the story and insisted that there was nothing dramatic about the incident.

According to Wendy, she only moved Lasmid’s hand because she wanted to sit comfortably on the arm of the couch, but there was limited space.

She explained that Lasmid was already occupying the couch, and she wanted to sit on the armrest so they could get a better position for the video shoot.

“Everything has been blown out of proportion. If you look at the couch, he is sitting on the couch, and I wanted to sit on the armrest of the couch so I could also sit comfortably for the shoot, so we could get a nice video,” Wendy Shay explained.

The singer also said her decision to physically move Lasmid’s hand was possible because the two artistes share a good rapport.

She suggested that she would not have felt comfortable making such a gesture if they did not have that level of familiarity.

“We have that rapport. That’s why I asked him to take his hand off,” she explained.

Wendy Shay maintained that the brief interaction should not have been interpreted as a serious confrontation or an attempt to embarrass Lasmid.

The two musicians recently teamed up on BendOva, an Afropop collaboration that has been attracting attention and further bringing the artistes into the spotlight.