Nigerian model and actress Beverly Osu recently got real about the ups and downs of being famous in her country. On “The Discourse with Ken” radio show, she debunked the myth that celebrities get everything for free.
She also opened up about a surprising downside of fame: the constant pressure of being recognised in public. Being a celebrity isn’t always glamorous!
“I have evolved and grown but the burdens that come with it are a lot. I can’t go to the market anymore and I really used to love to go to the market to buy my peppers and tomatoes by myself. Now I can’t even dare it, I would be recognised straight away so I can’t even do it. I used to go to Balogun Market by myself but I stopped,” she said.
When asked if she gets discounts as a celebrity, Beverly said with a laugh, “They bill you more o! No it’s a two-way street.
Beverly Osu kept dishing on the realities of fame, revealing another surprising inconvenience. She said she can’t even shop online anonymously using her own social media accounts because she worries she might get overcharged.
She said,
“Sometimes they bill you more, and sometimes they give you a discount, and that discount comes with a cost. Sometimes you want to buy something off Instagram, and then you have to send someone else to buy the stuff for you because you can’t use your page. If you do, they are going to charge you more, and even if they give you for free, they will beg for ten million posts.”
She then concluded by stressing that there are many loopholes and each celebrity has to find what works best for them.
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