{"id":437983,"date":"2017-11-16T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/i-still-stand-by-my-words-celestine-donkor-taunts-journalists\/"},"modified":"2017-11-16T21:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:00:40","slug":"i-still-stand-by-my-words-celestine-donkor-taunts-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/i-still-stand-by-my-words-celestine-donkor-taunts-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"I still stand by my words \u2013 Celestine Donkor taunts Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Celestine-Donkor-475x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Gospel singer Celestine Donkor has said she\u2019ll not take back her comment that the Ghanaian media, ask one way questions.<\/p>\n<p>Donkor said when she performs outside, foreign journalists ask her deep questions which let her think on her feet but Ghanaian reporters are exactly the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Okronkronhene\u2019 hitmaker said Ghanaian press is so bad that sometimes she can predict what they\u2019ll be asking.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cYou can\u2019t put on a night makeup at day and you can\u2019t put on dinner wear in the day. It\u2019s basically lack of knowledge to think you\u2019ve dressed so wonderfully but you look funny. I will not blame those who do that because they do not know, so for me I still stand by my words,\u201d<\/em> she told Kojo Preko Dankwa on Kasapa Entertainment on Kasapa FM.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Celestine Donkor believes she has spirituality graduated to the next level of her music career after renowned American gospel singer and songwriter, Ron Kenoly, flew to Steve Crown\u2019s maiden edition of \u201cNations Will Rise &amp; Sing \u201cconcert in Nigeria, laid his hands showering abundant blessing on her and other gospel artists billed to perform.<\/p>\n<p>In an Interview with Peace FM\u2019s Sammy Kumah(Sammy Kay), Celestine Donkor said, she feels Ghanaian journalists ask one way questions because the questions she was asked by an international media outfit after an electrifying performance on stage made her think very deep.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI was approached by an international media outfit after I performed on stage and the questions that were posed to me were very deep and detailed, their questions didn\u2019t tone one particular direction, it kept me thinking very deep, they didn\u2019t ask me questions like how did I start my career\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mrs. Donkor who performed her yet to be released single featuring Steve Crown entitled \u201cYour Big\u201d also added that; \u201cSometimes I go for an interview and am able to predict questions that I will be asked, this is because Ghanaian Journalists ask one way questions and it doesn\u2019t bring out the best in the interviewee\u201d, she stated.<\/p>\n<p>By: Cobby Sackitey<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1136575713042949&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel singer Celestine Donkor has said she\u2019ll not take back her comment that the Ghanaian media, ask one way questions. Donkor said when she performs outside, foreign journalists ask her deep questions which let her think on her feet but Ghanaian reporters are exactly the opposite. The \u2018Okronkronhene\u2019 hitmaker said Ghanaian press is so bad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":437984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I still stand by my words \u2013 Celestine Donkor taunts Journalists - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/i-still-stand-by-my-words-celestine-donkor-taunts-journalists\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I still stand by my words \u2013 Celestine Donkor taunts Journalists - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Gospel singer Celestine Donkor has said she\u2019ll not take back her comment that the Ghanaian media, ask one way questions. 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