Ghanaian actress Rosemond Brown, widely known as Akuapem Poloo, says a single decision continues to haunt her, the now-infamous photo she took with her son that triggered national backlash, legal trouble, and a prison sentence.
In a recent interview with AsaasePa FM, Poloo did not hold back on what she considers her biggest mistake.
“I wish I didn’t take that picture with my son. That is my only regret. Out of pain and everything I have been through raising my son all by myself, and I am still going through it,” she said.
The 2021 photo, which showed her nude beside her young son, led to her arrest and subsequent imprisonment. But Poloo maintains that the gesture was deeply misunderstood.
She believes that the caption accompanying the post could have clarified her intent, which was never to shock or offend, but to portray a deeper message of maternal love and struggle.
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“That is how naked I came into this world and that is how I am raising him. If he turns out well in future, after I have spent all my money on him, and sees me on the street mentally unstable, he should cover me and take me home,” she said.
“It was a personal expression of my struggle as a single mother,” she explained, rejecting the idea that the post was meant to attract attention or notoriety.
Poloo opened up further about her incarceration, a period that reshaped her understanding of freedom, pain, and personal growth.
“I would not wish jail on even my worst enemy. It takes your freedom away mentally,” she stated.
Now raising two children, including a baby girl she welcomed after her release, Poloo says motherhood has become an even more sacred responsibility. The trauma of her past has made her more protective, especially when it comes to her children’s privacy.
She firmly stated she has no intention of ever posting photos of her daughter online, having learned firsthand the consequences of overexposure in the digital age.
