“I’m not pitiful and needy,” actress Belinda Naa Ode ‘Adwoa Smart’ Oku has said.
“Maybe things are not at their best, but I’m content,” she added, noting her heartfelt prayer remains to own a house.
The beloved veteran actress spoke to Nana Romeo on Accra 100.5 FM’s Ayekoo Ayekoo on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
She lamented bloggers creating the impression that her circumstances were beggarly and that she had come asking for alms the last time she appeared on the programme. In reality, she only stated her desire to own a house in response to a question her host had asked.
“Even worse, they said the former Vice President, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, bought me a house. Apparently, the bloggers composed a picture of the two of us, with Dr. Bawumia appearing to put a [house] key in my hands,” Adwoa Smart grieved.
She revealed that she had been questioned several times during media appearances as though the rumour were true.
“Were it not for Nana Ampadu’s state funeral, I would have never met Dr. Bawumia,” she clarified.
Adwoa Smart noted with sorrow that the rumour could deter people from showing kindness to her, which could help fulfill her dream of becoming a real estate owner and more.
“It’s really brought me unnecessary pressure. I’m questioned all the time. Someone even asked me about this last week,” she said.
Concerning this controversy and as a general rule in life, she appealed: “Don’t say or spread what you know is not true.”
Adwoa Smart decried the impact of misinformation and disinformation on new media.
“I always say social media is useful, but in other instances, it causes trouble, to say the least. Facebook, TikTok, etc., expose crimes and attract the attention of relevant authorities, but the same social media is used by others for unacceptable things,” she said.
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