TikTok content creator Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has reacted to the backlash that followed a viral video showing him pushing his girlfriend and fellow creator, Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, also called Jarvis.

In a video shared on Monday, Peller defended himself, insisting that the clip circulating online did not capture the full incident.

“Those that screen-recorded should have screen-recorded everything, and even the caption is rubbish. We were in the midst of Agbero; we went for Seyi Vibez’s concert. Those people were not friendly, they wanted to do us evil, and I was only trying to protect her,” he said.

He explained that the push seen in the video was not intended as an act of violence but rather what he considered normal play between them.

“As I touched her, I thought it was our normal play and was thinking she was going to do hers back, but she didn’t. I was angry at that moment because she didn’t listen to me, but I can never beat a woman. I want you all to know that,” Peller added.

He also criticised those comparing his relationship to abusive homes. “People whose homes are not settled that your husband would be beating you like man would be using your home to compare me,” he said.

The comments come after Jarvis earlier addressed the incident in her own video response, where she stated that while the public altercation was wrong, she would not remain in a relationship where she was being physically abused.

Jarvis had said, “You people are saying Peller is beating me. Are you people okay? … if a man is beating me, this is not the 1960s… Me I’m not doing that, if it was something like that, I would have left. My life first. That pushing was not it actually. It was a no no but I believe that he will change.”

The viral video and the couple’s separate reactions have now turned into content that other creators continue to feast on, sparking debates and skits across social media platforms.