It seems these days that when a new talent is uncovered and he or she becomes a celebrity, that person must have a touching ‘zero to hero’ story about how he or she used to sell alligators or brooms or bread in traffic to make a living.
Dear celebrities, we will love you and your craft whether you were a dbee and had it easy because your parents gave you all the money and support you needed, or whether you used to sell ‘poloo’ in traffic. We have too many motivational speakers and we want our musicians to stick to entertaining us, please!
Now, I’m sure you’re wondering where did all this come from? Well, I just was doing my regular scrolling through Instagram when I came across a post in which someone was talking bout how one celebrity used the sell sobolo and pastries at OLA Girls SHS, Ho and how no one had any respect for him.
Talking about how some people used to insult him and treat him very bad because he was a nobody then, and the fact that many did not believe it was him who had become a celebrity now till he confirmed sometime ago in an interview.
Clarification from sources who also attended Ola Girls SHS, prove however, that our young celebrity was not being mistreated because his mother was the house mistress and we all know you dare not disrespect or mistreat the housemistress’ kid even if you’re a hundred years older.
Apparently, our celebrity was selling sobolo and pastries not because he needed the money to make a living but because his mother made them and since they lived in the teachers’ bungalow, the girls used to come buy from his mom’s place and it was only logic that he helped her sell whenever he was home.
Just like in most girls’ schools, it is not a regular thing to see men on campus so whenever he came home, the girls would all line up to go see him with the pretense of buying sobolo. Sounds very much like a respected and worshipped guy to me.
I know there are many other celebrities giving us half fact stories for reasons I cannot seem to fathom. If it’s for pity or to boost your fame, please drop it because at least for me, it has no influence on how I feel about your craft.
By: Maureen Dedei Quaye
