{"id":120521,"date":"2023-11-16T18:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/16\/my-family-didnt-support-my-career-initially-jeffrey-nortey-on-acting-journey\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:24:32","slug":"my-family-didnt-support-my-career-initially-jeffrey-nortey-on-acting-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/16\/my-family-didnt-support-my-career-initially-jeffrey-nortey-on-acting-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"My family didn&#8217;t support my career initially &#8211; Jeffrey Nortey on acting journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actor and TV presenter, Jeffrey Nortey has opened up about the challenges he faced at the beginning of his acting journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, his acting journey was not only tough but rough since his family was not in support of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on <strong>JoyNews<\/strong>&#8216; Evibes, he said on some days he didn&#8217;t have money but kept a positive attitude and hoped for better days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-16-at-15.10.32-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032413430 lazy\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was rough, extremely rough because as an individual, starting this thing, my family was not in support because they have taken you to school, get a job, further your education, and bring money home and I said this is the kind of job people can&#8217;t give money, boom then you become a star. 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