Following Nosa Rex’s scathing outbursts at Ghanaians over claims of piracy involving his movie, the Nollywood filmmaker has returned to social media to apologise and clarify that his words were not intended to insult the people of Ghana.
On August 12, 2025, Nosa posted a video on his social media pages venting over what he claimed was an illegal broadcast of his movie, ‘Prince of Peace’ by a TV channel in Ghana.
In the video, he called the people of Ghana “stupid” and said Ghana’s entertainment industry would continue to decline because of piracy.
Nosa Rex roasted online for insulting Ghanaians over movie piracy claims
The filmmaker’s comments went viral and became topic for discussion in some entertainment shows in Ghana, provoking reactions from many entertainment personalities such as Nana Poku Ashis, MC Portfolio and Ghanaians in general who felt disrespected.
After the reactions from Ghanaians, Nosa Rex shared another video on his social media page on August 13, 2025, to clarify the comments he made and apologise.
He explained that his harsh words were not aimed at the people of Ghana as a whole, but specifically at the television channels involved in piracy.
“I see that so many people are misinterpreting and misunderstanding the video. The insult in that video was directed to the TV stations. I mean, why would I insult the entire Ghana? It doesn’t even make sense. I’m looking forward to come and see you people. You know what that means,” he said.
Nigerian actor Nosa Rex slams Ghanaian TV stations over piracy
Nosa noted that his anger came from a place of frustration over the piracy issue.
He argued that when someone’s creative work is taken and used without permission, it shows a lack of respect for talent and hard work.
“I mean what I’m fighting for right now will not make sense right now until later. Imagine that a particular people are taking your creativity for free. It means that they don’t value creativity. They don’t value talent and even you guys in Ghana, this might even affect you guys later.
“If you don’t speak out right now. I know what I’m saying. Right now it seems like I’m the bad person maybe because of the way I said it. I just want to say shout out to my fans,” he added.
The Nollywood filmmaker insisted that it is not in his character to insult or disrespect people, and that his passion sometimes makes him sound harsher than intended.
“I mean no disrespect. It’s not in my nature to disrespect anybody. For those of you who don’t know me, even the ones that pretend that you don’t know me, it’s okay, I just want to say I love all of you. I will not disrespect everybody. If you in Ghana don’t speak out for us how, is it gonna happen? You understand? But as they do us, they will still do you guys, the creative one in Ghana.
“So please speak out, fight for this. Let them stop it. It’s not in my nature to disrespect people. I’m sorry. I love you guys so much. No disrespect intended,” he said.
My insult was to the tv stations in ghana showing our content for free. I mean no disrespect. This apology was done immediately what video was misunderstood. I wonder why the blogs are not letting the people know. Anyway it’s all love from this side. @xghana_ pic.twitter.com/RPF2pFSVwH
— Nosa Rex (@babarex) August 13, 2025
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