Actress Kisa Gbekle has disclosed she has never drank alcohol, smoked any substance, or gone to the nightclub before.
She noted that while this may surprise her critics who perceive her as a “bad” individual, she was well aware that in her line of work, she had to compartmentalise her life.
“In my private life, apart from social media, I’m a different person,” she said, bemoaning the attacks she constantly suffered due to rumours about her undergoing cosmetic surgery and for her suggestive dressing.
She wondered why the public does not talk about her being “a producer; I’m into football; I’m a good mother and all that.”
To underline how different her private life was compared to the public perception of her, she said, “I’m somebody who has never been to the club before; I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, and I don’t stay out in the night.”
Were it not for her mother dropping local liquor (Akpeteshie) on her tongue with her finger, she said she would not have ever tasted alcohol.
She mentioned the advice her mother gave her when she relocated from the village to Accra, too.
“When I grew, started knowing myself, and started taking care of myself was when I finally moved to Accra in 2011 after finishing high school. I was 18. The first thing my mom told me was not to go to the disco in Accra. This was because one of my uncles was hurt because he was at a crowded place where they were drinking, people were fighting, and he was killed by a cutlass that was swung,” she narrated.
“My mom always tells me not to stay out at night or go to crowded places. If I don’t have anything to do there, I don’t go there.”
Kisa Gbekle emphasised she took this principle very seriously, stating she had stayed out late only once in 2024.
“It was for Sista Afia’s birthday. I stayed out till about 11 PM or 12 AM,” she said.
She sat with Nana Romeo on Accra 100.5 FM’s Ayekoo Ayekoo, Thursday, November 21, 2024.
