It is not rare for rumours of women sleeping their way to land jobs to crop up in the entertainment industry, but one lady who has fallen victim to such rumour mongering is radio and TV personality, MzGee of Multi Media Broadcasting.
The fast rising radio and television host debunks the stories making the rounds that she is where she is right now because she slept with her boss, Mark Okraku Mantey. MzGee, real name, Gloria Akpe Nyarku said she’s outraged by the rumour because it is contrary to what she believes in.
MzGee started as a producer for Campus on Hitz in April 2014 and later became the substantive host of the show by August that year.
Recently, MzGee was selected by management of Multimedia Broadcasting to cover the just ended African Movie Academy Awards(AMAA) which was held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Probably, for a relatively new face in the entertainment industry, these developments came as a surprise to many, the pace at which she has risen in her career in two years, hence the purported rumour.
“ I learnt something early in life that if you sleep for a job, you will have to keep doing it to maintain and that is not something I will want for myself”, she added. MzGee said she was introduced to Mark Okraku Mantey by Nathaniel Attoh and was given the opportunity like everyone else to prove her worth.
She said though she was not perturbed by the rumour, she felt insulted by it. “It was insulting because people who do not know me or what I was capable of doing decided to say things that were absolutely false”, she stated
“I left my job at the bank not knowing what I was going to do but I knew I was going out there to follow my passion and knew someone would notice my worth and capabilities. “ It took a lot of sacrifice because I was not paid for a year at Hitz FM but I was determined and I am glad my sacrifice has paid off”, she revealed.
On what has being her highest moment in her career, she mentioned that her story about Yaw Siki which received massive response from the public is her biggest story yet. She said the impact the story made was overwhelming.
” I like to tell the entertainment stories that no one is telling. If I say I don’t do glamour stories, then I’m a liar but that is not my focus because I want to make an impact at the end of the day. “The Yaw Siki story got a quick response from the public including Sonnie Badu coming in to lend a helping hand to him. That is the kind of stories I will like to be telling.
She recalled moments when Nana Aba Anamoah was one of the few people who believed she could succeed in the industry after she was ‘evicted’ from TV3’s reality show, The Hottest Host. “I will forever be grateful to her. After the reality show, Nana Aba picked up her phone to make calls to people to help me and though it didn’t work out, I’ll always be grateful to her for that gesture because her faith in me made me believe I will make it”, she added.
The bubbly presenter who is in her early 30s advised young girls not to sleep their way to land jobs because it won’t last if you don’t have the talent to back it. “I advise young ladies to work hard and follow their passion and someone will notice that hard work. Follow your passion but be ready to serve and most importantly, don’t sleep for a job”, she concluded.
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