{"id":469554,"date":"2018-03-03T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/03\/stop-questioning-the-income-of-actresses-lydia-forson\/"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T21:46:08","slug":"stop-questioning-the-income-of-actresses-lydia-forson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/03\/stop-questioning-the-income-of-actresses-lydia-forson\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop questioning the income of actresses &#8211; Lydia Forson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday,  3 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>zionfelix.net<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/92130923.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lydia Forson Sidechic\" title=\"Lydia Forson Sidechic\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Lydia Forson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1520113568_427_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The wealth of Ghanaian entertainers especially actresses have always been questioned anytime they are seen with expensive properties but Lydia Forson thinks it is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken actress on Thursday evening at the press conference of the yet-to-be-premiered movie, Sidechic Gang expressed sorrow over the notion that actors in the country are not rich enough to live a luxurious life. Answering Zionfelix.net\u2018s question on their source of income since they mostly complain about the meager amount given them for their services but are always seen living a flashy life, Miss Forson posited that Ghanaian actors are not poor.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining herself, she disclosed that most actresses have other side jobs which fetch them income to support what the public know them for so it is offensive for one to think they get cars, houses, and travel for vacations by sleeping with men.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia added that most people also do not expect them to diversify their income so they become surprised when they bump into their assets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have created this stigma about filmmakers, actors and actresses that you shouldn\u2019t be able to afford a certain way of life. It is only with actors that they think you should not be smart to diversify your income. A banker does not make that much if we are being truthful to ourselves. I know how much some of them make. I\u2019m not saying this to discredit them but the cars they drive are mostly on loans. Some of them save penny each day but will later make big assets out of that and nobody will question their source of income.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m an entertainer so I\u2019ve to be smart enough to diversify my income. Hally Berry has not done a movie in four years so why is nobody questioning her source of income but do you know that she produces. Jessica Simpson has not released a song in many years but she has a shoe line. I\u2019m not comparing myself to them in anyway but it is offensive that when as an actress, I buy an expensive thing people will think a man bought it for me.<\/p>\n<p>A boyfriend can buy a car for his woman and the lady is free but when same happens to me, I\u2019m reduced to that\u2019s all I have. What this creates is, a lot of young girls come into the industry with  false expectations. That is why we see a lot of ladies who are not interested in acting but think there is a way to market yourself and get a man to buy you a car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/41277486.jpg\" \/><b><\/b>Adjetey Annan, Christabel Ekeh, McBrown, Peter Sedufia, Lydia Forson and Sika Osei at Side chick Gang soiree<\/p>\n<p>We are more than just actors. I do scriptwritting and many other things. I studied creative writing at the university for four years. I diversify my income. I can\u2019t compare myself to someone who owns a Range Rover but I can say that I bought the car I use now with my own money.\u201d Lydia Forson said at the Sidechich Gang press soiree.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/YTwxl2mF-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sidechic Gang movie features renowned Ghanaian actors like Nana Ama McBrown, Lydia Forson, Sika Osei, Adjetey Anang, Bernard Nyarko, Eddie Kufuor, Akofa Edjeane, Roselyn Ngissah, Beverly Afaglo, Christabel Ekeh, Ricky Adelayitar, Don Ziggy, Peter Richie, Kobina Sam and lots more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/cfRh0XKS-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Peter Sedufia-directed film premieres on Saturday, March 3 at the Silverbirds Cinema at the Accra Mall and Westhills Mall.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/OHf4cK41-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: 71 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Entertainment of Saturday, 3 March 2018 Source: zionfelix.net 2018-03-03 play videoLydia Forson The wealth of Ghanaian entertainers especially actresses have always been questioned anytime they are seen with expensive properties but Lydia Forson thinks it is wrong. The outspoken actress on Thursday evening at the press conference of the yet-to-be-premiered movie, Sidechic Gang expressed sorrow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":469345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}