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Ghanaian comedian and Big
Brother Stargame rep has reacted to reports that he had said Ghanaians do not
appreciate their own comedians.
Ecstasy Entertainment,
management of DKB, in a press release yesterday stated that the report was an
attempt to defame its artiste, whom people already wanted to vilify.
“In their bid to depict DKB
as a renegade, they used the title ‘DKB claims Ghanaians are unappreciable
people’ which is not only grammatically incorrect but also meant to sway
Ghanaians into thinking he said they were unappreciative people. We want to
state emphatically that he didn't blatantly say it as it was reported but
rather he had a hypothetical approach towards it.”
“What brought up this topic
was a phone-in interview session by Angel Fm, Kumasi, during an entertainment
discussion when DKB was called to give his opinion on why it seems Ghanaians do
not support Ghanaian comedians but prefer their Nigerian counterparts.
“He replied saying most
Ghanaians do not give new/upcoming comedians enough chance to show them what
they can do but rather compare them to the best and already established
Nigerian comedians, resulting in the conclusion that the Nigerian acts are
better off than the Ghanaian ones.”
He ended by saying that
anyone who wanted to do comedy in Ghana should not wait for all Ghanaians to
support him before he launched his career, but should instead start by doing
enough research with the little support he got from the beginning and would
gradually gain the support of the rest when they came to realise what he had to
offer. In other words, they should not rely solely on Ghanaian support for
their careers to be successful, but also on their research and creativity which
would make them better comedians.
“These were the original
words of DKB during the interview; he at no point stated that Ghanaians are
"unappreciable" or unappreciative. The article published was a
misinformation with irreparable malice intended. We would not take
responsibility for the misdirected actions of someone but nonetheless
sympathise with the readers who were in one way or the other hurt, provoked or
offended by that said article. An unqualified apology from the writers to our
beloved Ghanaians and our artiste-DKB would be appropriate.”
credit: NEWS-ONE
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