I won't be an ostrich to say that the entertainment media has worked perfectly in shoring up this industry.
Yet, even though our activities are indispensable, some of us have
often times been very mischievous. It is either we have put out
unsubstantiated stories, have written to tarnish the image of innocent
people or have aided in destroying celebrity relationships.
I agree to an extent that when one becomes a public figure, they lose much of their privacy. Yes, some amount of your privacy will be gone depending on your popularity. The more popular you are, the lesser privacy you have.However, the celebrity can hide certain things from the media. There are certain things that unless you allow yourself for them to come out, no one would hear of them. In short, you can manage your privacy so that most of the things you wish not heard in public lie low.
I am one person who thinks, every celebrity should keep their relationship out of the media, if they seek the longevity of that union. This is because actions of the media can jeopardize a relationship. To me, the best people to solve a relationship problem are the partners themselves. Anytime one comes to settle a relationship dispute, they become 'third persons.' The moment you allow much of your relationship stuff to be out in the media for discussion, people who don't know jack about relationship will tell you what to do and if you don't take care, your union will end up on the rocks.
There is not a modicum of sense in trying to solve a relationship problem of a celebrity in a newspaper, on a website or on radio. It is even not right discussing a showbizer's relationship issue in the media.So if by accident issues pertaining to one's relationship get to a media person you don't make so much noise about it. That is why I was mad that when gospel diva Christiana Love (now Obaapa Christie) had issues with ex-hubby Pastor Love, a certain morning show host under the pretext of getting matters solved, went about causing more pain and hurt. Meanwhile, he also had serious issues with his relationship. Instead of concentrating on caring for his wife and kids in the UK, he was talking about Christie and Love. And this is the only time morning show hosts will talk entertainment; when there is negativity.
Not long ago, it was in the news that Keita and Eazzy were no longer couple. Well, it is not strange. Any other person in the world can get into a relationship and quit at anytime and there can be several reasons why there will be that break up. Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari are also so much in the news nowadays and I wonder why these guys would want people to hear so much of their relationship. Maybe they are forgetting to notice what evil the stalking media can do to them. If their relationship is real (not meant for hype) and they want it to grow into what they want it to be, they best need to stop the twitter chat and do private conversation.
Getting a bit superstitious, we are in a continent in which superstition is part of us. Believe it or not the tendency of one using a spiritual power to bewitch you for no apparent reason is rife. Those who do not want your relationship to flourish would easily get ways of destroying you when they know much about you. The destruction could even be through physical means. The fact that you are celebrity doesn't mean you should let everybody know every little step that you take in life. Try to hide certain things for a long while and make them surprises at the long run.
When Kwabena Kwabena had a relationship problem to contend with some years ago, I remember how a certain newspaper treated the story. They took it so personal that one wondered if they have squabbles with the fine crooner. With that action, even if there was anything to have been done to salvage the relationship, it couldn't hold. The same thing was done to Agya Koo and the ex-wife, not forgetting Esther Smith and her former husband.
These are the reasons why I think I would always advise people in the media to spare our celebrities with their relationship issues, with the exception of those that have good lesson for others (just like how Annica supports her husband Okyeame Kwame in his music career). Yes, they make the juiciest news but we must be circumspect not to break unions in our bid to feed people with news. And to the celebrities, do well to hide your relationship from the media.
Kwame Dadzie
I agree to an extent that when one becomes a public figure, they lose much of their privacy. Yes, some amount of your privacy will be gone depending on your popularity. The more popular you are, the lesser privacy you have.However, the celebrity can hide certain things from the media. There are certain things that unless you allow yourself for them to come out, no one would hear of them. In short, you can manage your privacy so that most of the things you wish not heard in public lie low.
I am one person who thinks, every celebrity should keep their relationship out of the media, if they seek the longevity of that union. This is because actions of the media can jeopardize a relationship. To me, the best people to solve a relationship problem are the partners themselves. Anytime one comes to settle a relationship dispute, they become 'third persons.' The moment you allow much of your relationship stuff to be out in the media for discussion, people who don't know jack about relationship will tell you what to do and if you don't take care, your union will end up on the rocks.
There is not a modicum of sense in trying to solve a relationship problem of a celebrity in a newspaper, on a website or on radio. It is even not right discussing a showbizer's relationship issue in the media.So if by accident issues pertaining to one's relationship get to a media person you don't make so much noise about it. That is why I was mad that when gospel diva Christiana Love (now Obaapa Christie) had issues with ex-hubby Pastor Love, a certain morning show host under the pretext of getting matters solved, went about causing more pain and hurt. Meanwhile, he also had serious issues with his relationship. Instead of concentrating on caring for his wife and kids in the UK, he was talking about Christie and Love. And this is the only time morning show hosts will talk entertainment; when there is negativity.
Not long ago, it was in the news that Keita and Eazzy were no longer couple. Well, it is not strange. Any other person in the world can get into a relationship and quit at anytime and there can be several reasons why there will be that break up. Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari are also so much in the news nowadays and I wonder why these guys would want people to hear so much of their relationship. Maybe they are forgetting to notice what evil the stalking media can do to them. If their relationship is real (not meant for hype) and they want it to grow into what they want it to be, they best need to stop the twitter chat and do private conversation.
Getting a bit superstitious, we are in a continent in which superstition is part of us. Believe it or not the tendency of one using a spiritual power to bewitch you for no apparent reason is rife. Those who do not want your relationship to flourish would easily get ways of destroying you when they know much about you. The destruction could even be through physical means. The fact that you are celebrity doesn't mean you should let everybody know every little step that you take in life. Try to hide certain things for a long while and make them surprises at the long run.
When Kwabena Kwabena had a relationship problem to contend with some years ago, I remember how a certain newspaper treated the story. They took it so personal that one wondered if they have squabbles with the fine crooner. With that action, even if there was anything to have been done to salvage the relationship, it couldn't hold. The same thing was done to Agya Koo and the ex-wife, not forgetting Esther Smith and her former husband.
These are the reasons why I think I would always advise people in the media to spare our celebrities with their relationship issues, with the exception of those that have good lesson for others (just like how Annica supports her husband Okyeame Kwame in his music career). Yes, they make the juiciest news but we must be circumspect not to break unions in our bid to feed people with news. And to the celebrities, do well to hide your relationship from the media.
Kwame Dadzie
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