Yvonne Nelson went too far —Wei Ye Oteng
A LOT of conversations have been going on since Ghanaian actress and movie producer, Yvonne Nelson, launched her memoir, I am Not Yvonne Nelson, on Sunday, June 18 at the Peduase Valley Resort in the Eastern Region.
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The 262-page book has 24 chapters dealing with various aspects of her life. However, Chapter 8, titled Abortion, which is about her alleged pregnancy for rapper Sarkodie and subsequent abortion is what has generated the most talk.
While some praise her for her ‘bravery’ and see nothing wrong with Yvonne spilling the beans, others like music producer, Wei Ye Oteng, believes that was ‘over-divulging’ of information in the public space.
Wei Ye Oteng who is obviously not amused with the pretty actress, posted on his Facebook wall on the morning of Tuesday, June 20 writing, “Obaa, this is not not, u have and will lose a lot of respect from now on, all these dirty sexcapades, and you think it is the right time for attention? There are a lot of great things you have done and can motivate the youth with but you choose this path, it is sad and sickening. Is your agenda to break homes or tell how open you were in bed to people u were attracted to?”
Wei Ye Oteng went further to elaborate his stance on the issue when Graphic Showbiz touched base with him.
“We live in a society where some things are meant to be kept and not told and we should not forget one thing that whatever we are leaving behind today, irrespective of how damaging or how good it is, will live on for generations to come.
“Sex is something that is done in private, Yvonne, you were not raped, everything that you did with Sarkodie was in agreement. So if there was a situation and you went to abort the pregnancy or whatever, I think it is confidential so it needs not come out in the public domain. When that thing happened, if she was not happy with it at that time, she could have taken Sarkodie to court.
“She dated Iyanya too, why is she bringing these names up? Is she trying to say they are the only people she dated who let her down? Why isn’t she mentioning the others? Not to mention that she said in an interview on Adom FM in 2019 that she lost her virginity in 2017 which was captured, so how could all this have happened then? Is she even telling us the truth?
“In fact, Yvonne could have talked about these things without mentioning names. What she’s done, is like you are going down the drain and dragging well established people along with you by using their names. It’s not right. Yvonne should have held back a bit because a lot of people look up to her”, he added.
Does he think Sarkodie will be affected as a result of all this? “Sarkodie could be affected, we see people lose ambassadorial deals because of some of these things, so it could affect him so badly.
“If tomorrow Sarkodie gets an endorsement deal that has to do with social vices, somebody can easily use this against him. It is very irresponsible on Yvonne’s part”, he stated.
Asked if Sarkodie should let the whole thing slide or speak on the issue to ‘clear’ himself, Wei Ye Oteng said, “At times, it becomes very necessary to clear your name, there are two sides to the story—Sarkodie’s and Yvonne’s so it won’t be bad hearing from the other side as well.
“There is no clear evidence that even though Sarkodie was with Yvonne then, he was responsible for her pregnancy so it will be very good if we could hear from him. I think this has to do with image so Sarkodie should release a statement to clear the air,’’ he said.
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