Our Celebrities Might Not Be Good People

Ever wondered the true behavior or lifestyle of some the celebrities we worship and adore? Do their shiny screen personas and mesmerizing talents, translate to good behaviors and love for their fellow man, their neighbor?

Just like last year which had Omawumi and Tee Billz beating up a photographer, and Burna Boy violating a poor sales girl in Port Harcourt, This month alone has thrown up two similar stories of celebrity cruelty and fallibility.

First was Monalisa Chinda, who was dumped by her magazine editor due to a shitty payment structure. This was the second editor that has left her budding business, with similar complaints; the first too had grabbed his bags and disappeared when his poor remuneration package wasn’t going to get better. Emeka Ike came next. He was chased from his St. Nicholas College in Magodo, Lagos, by a court of law. Why? Because him and his darling wife were bad at management, and treated people like dirt. That’s why.

But what comes next beats reasoning. The fans are still supportive of them! A glance through social media platforms will see many Nigerians offering their support to these celebrities, and worse, taking insulting shots at their victims, who have decided to stand up for themselves, and do the right thing. Why? Because they are our stars, they are our darling screen idols. Their great works affect our lives, we listen to their songs, laugh hard at their movies, and worship their every utterance…and bad behavior.

Our loverboy, Emeka, has a heart of gold, right? Just because he lights up our screens, he cannot be unfair in his dealings with his fellow man. Monalisa Chinda is too pretty not to offer a fair reward to her staff. Not her, not her pretty talented and wealthy self. But we’re wrong. It’s utter nonsense to make a case for them based on their talent and on-screen smiles. Was the law wrong to punish and extract justice from Emeka Ikeh? No. The law, the same law that has kept balance and earth and offers hope of justice to every man, was right. It treated Emeka fairly, because he deserved it. He was not a good person, He acted illegally, and hurt some people, so his school was taken away from him.

When fan adoration, becomes blind worship, and worse still, biased sentimental followership, then the future looks bleak for the minds of free men. This is what the average Nigerian fan has become; A blind, undiscerning, worshipper of glitter and fake smiles. We support these people, even in their hour of wickedness. I fear we are doomed.

Our celebrities our humans too. They are subject to the very laws and behavioural patterns which the next person too can exhibit. Many are good performers and charmers, but just a few, a tiny handful of them, are truly good people. While we are stunned by their talents and showmanship, let us not be hasty to give them a stamp of human kindness and infallibility. They too are mere mortals.

Think people, Think!