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'They talk as if I can’t afford plane ticket' - Beverly Afaglo justifies 'I am rich' comment

Beverly Afaglo came under fire a few months ago after her management and some friends tried raising funds online to support her.

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The actress then lost her home after it was gutted by fire. Amidst the call for funds to support the actress, a video of her bragging to be rich as a landlady surfaced on social media. Netizens then concluded that she wouldn't need financial assistance.

Trolls and critics forced the actress to abruptly end the fund-raising started by Yvonne Nelson. A few weeks later, the actress says she has no regret about the video in which she was bragging about being rich.

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“I will not retract this statement anytime, any day because I didn’t lie. So Ghanaians twisting this story saddens me. First and foremost, they didn’t even understand the reason why I did this video," she said.

"My marriage was on the attack. I went to a radio show, I can’t remember who, and the host asked me that nowadays I frequent London a lot. And rumours have it that I may have a boyfriend or lover there who pays for my ticket," she recounted.

I thought it was a joke. The next thing, it has been published on tabloids and everywhere. And I said, what kind of joke is this? How much is a ticket to London? They talk as if I am unemployed or I can’t afford a plane ticket. Why should a man sponsor me before I can travel? So I got angry, and I wanted to spell it out,” she said.

Speaking on United Showbiz, the mother of three said her marriage was under attack and she had to defend it.

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I have been driving since I was 23. I’ve never shown my car. I have never shown my house. I have never worn something which was given to me as an influencer for promotion. I am not that type. So for me to even spell things out like that should tell you where I was coming from. You were attacking my marriage, and I was trying to tell you that I work hard,” she said.

Talking about the viral video, Beverly Afaglo insisted that everything she said was true.

“I won’t retract that. I won’t change anything. If I said my father was rich, yes, he was rich. I never lied about that. My father has thirty children. So if I say he had properties and thirty people share them, how much would I even get? And if I say I am a landlady, I didn’t lie. Even if I own a single room and take rent from it, am I not a landlady? So I didn’t lie about anything.”

The Ghanaian actress has been married to Eugene Baah the Choirmaster of Praye fame.

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