Nkechi Blessing, an actress, has warned the public from surreptitiously filming her and her partner when they are out, calling the practice rude and invasive.
The actress described a recent incident at a restaurant where a woman allegedly filmed her and her partner without their knowledge in a video that was uploaded to her Instagram page.
“Public service announcement. And I really do not want to come off as being rude, arrogant, or proud. I am sure a lot of you remember me saying I am in a very happy relationship now, but I seriously do not want it anywhere on the internet, Instagram, social media in general, because we are enjoying our relationship off the media,” she said.
“And then tell me why last week I was in a restaurant with my man, and then there was this lady recording us secretly. One of the waitresses called my attention to it. And then I walked up to her, and then I said politely, ma’am, I find it very disrespectful of you to make videos of my man and me without our consent. It doesn’t make sense.
“Yes, I am a public figure. I am in your faces. If you wanted a picture or a video, walk up to me. I don’t bite. But if you’re trying to take unsolicited pictures and videos of my man and me, I wouldn’t take that. This is somebody that I don’t want on the Internet. He’s not ashamed to go out with me.
“So why do you think it is you who is supposed to put our pictures and our videos out there? Now, I am saying this categorically. The next time you see my man outside and me, please keep your phones. Because guess what? I will break it.
“Can you see how softly I said that? Because I no wan make we fight. This man does not want to be out there. Yes. He is a public figure, but he does not want to be known. Does that make sense? Like he doesn’t want to just be in the news for the wrong reasons, and if eventually I want to bring him to the internet, I would do so at my own time.”
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