Renowned Ghanaian comedian Kingsley Kojo Kyeremateng, commonly known as Ajos, expressed that achieving fame in Ghana comes with significant challenges, particularly the loss of personal privacy.
During a conversation on Showbiz 360 with Giovani Caleb, Ajos shared that being a public figure often draws in various individuals, some of whom may have hidden agendas.
“Being popular can be problematic. It’s not really good. You end up attracting different kinds of people to you: people who want money from you, people who want to use you to be popular themselves, people who hate you.
“You can’t do anything for yourself; everything you do is all for public consumption. It’s like you are there for the masses,” he lamented,” Ajos explained.
He recounted a harrowing incident thirty years ago at Accra, where he found himself in an uncomfortable situation due to his fame.
“I had gone to Accra UTC on an errand some thirty years ago. There I felt the urgent need to visit the toilet. As soon as I got out of the car, someone came up to greet me and started asking me questions.
Meanwhile, I was struggling to hold it in.
“There was no public toilet around. But I couldn’t look around because there were a lot of people in the vicinity all looking at me and trying to talk to me.
“So, I had to do it inside my car, in the front seat and drive home. So being popular is not good at times,” he narrated.
Ajos further recounted an embarrassing moment in Takoradi market when traders soiled his blue shirt because he had played a role in a movie that they deemed “bad.”