Do yourself a favour and go and watch CHAPPiE at the cinema. It really is a beautiful story. Ask anyone who saw me there (2ov readers and the guys I have to sit next to, awkward much?) – I had to sit in the theatre, after the end credits were long finished, trying to stop the tears. Considering I got the message of the film loud and clear, it’s a wonder why there have been so many negative comments about the behind the scenes happenings between actors and directors. On screen, it looks like they worked harmoniously together.

Ninja, from Die Antwoord, received much negativity in the news from the cast and team. So, being Ninja, he wanted to clear up a few things. Luckily for him, he seems to have a rather close relationship with Boing Boing journo Xeni Jardin, and he did a video interview with her. He also used Boing Boing as a platform to answer questions and rectify some of the rumours that are breezing around.

A very concerned fan just asked me if the weird rumours about ‘my behaviour’ on the CHAPPIE set are true, so i thought i’d help shed a little light here on Boing Boing. The fans’ questions are in CAPS, and my answers follow.—Ninja

Rumor: ‘NINJA BECAME A NIGHTMARE FOR THE CREW DURING THE FILMING OF CHAPPIE.’

Ninja: Nah, me and ¥O-Landi Vi$$er stuck to ourselves in general, we had our own cute little tent on each filming location coz were writing rhymes for our DONKERMAG album at da time and wanted to stay in the zone, sometimes i would speak to neill about silly random shit, or fun ideas for our scenes.

Rumor: ‘MANY PUBLISHERS WRITE THAT NEILL SAID, “I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH HIM”, AFTER HE WORKED WITH NINJA’

Ninja: So just to be super clear, all the rumours about my ‘terrible behaviour’ on set was written by 1 south african journalist, who has written many tabloid-style diss features on Die Antwoord (over the last 3 years) before his big Chappie feature. i have no idea who this dude is, but he seems to have a lil problem with us. some of his other features were called: ‘DIE ANTWOORD – NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT’ and ‘DIE ANTWOORD – SOUTH AFRICA’S WORST NIGHTMARE’.

but this last feature he wrote titled: ‘NINJA – PURE EVIL’ (where all the funny chappie rumors came from) was the juiciest 1 by far, my boy got really busy dis time 😛

…but anyway, nah, me and neill (and his wife terri) are all homies, we speak all the time, neill and terri love me and ¥ and we love dem back ♥

Rumor: ‘NINJA SHOWED GIRLS A PHOTO OF HIMSELF GIVING HIMSELF A BLOW-JOB!’

Ninja: ok… of all the rumors anyone has ever made up about me, this 1 has 2b da coolest!!! i was like wut?wut?wuuuuut? to be honest, all my friends were amazed when they asked me if this was true!!! i said: fuck i wish it was true! but i haven’t been able to suck my own dick since i was a teenager… i’m not supple enough anymore… maybe if i start yoga…

You can read the rest of the article on Boing Boing HERE