Lydia Forson
Actress Lydia Forson is outraged and disappointed at media reports which suggest that she has been going round kissing anybody kissable in public.
On Friday, a Ghanaweb.com report described the bubbly actress as someone “who sees nothing wrong with kissing everyone who is kissable in public places; with reference to the last Ghana Movie Awards where she kissed Adjetey Anang and on GH and Beyond when she (almost or did she) kissed the ‘Grandpapa’ Reggie Rockstone on television”.
The report captioned, ‘Lydia Forson goes ‘Gaga’ on Social Network…calls fans, media gullible’, dealt extensively with a rumoured marriage tale between Lydia and comedian Funny Face, which started from twitter.
Lydia Forson, in a statement last week, said the report “defamed her and portrayed her in the public eye as a harlot”, describing the story on Ghanaweb written by one Victor Adeyemi as falsehood.
She said she had never kissed Adjetey Annan at any Ghana Movie Awards and Reggie Rockstone as the Ghanaweb claimed without crosschecking its facts.
BEATWAVES’ investigation revealed that Lydia Forson was rather on stage with Adjetey Anang at the Ghana Music Awards to present an award and not at the Ghana Movie Awards as stated by Ghanaweb. A number of fans who were present at the event and could attest to that said they did not kiss.
The beautiful actress has therefore called on Ghanaweb to retract the story and render an apology to its readers who were misled by the report.
“I respect the freedom of the press in the hope that this respect would be reciprocated. In the bid to provide their audience with up-to-date information, they have a responsibility to the public that this information is true. Unfortunately, some reporters have chosen to fabricate stories in a desperate attempt to popularize their sites”, she said.
Victor Adeyemi of Ghanaweb, who failed to crosscheck his facts from Lydia Forson or Adjetey Annan, claimed in his reportage that Lydia had kissed Adjetey Annang on stage at the Ghana Music Awards, which was shown live on television and online to millions of viewers, but fans who witnessed the event claimed nothing of the sort happened there.
Adeyemi again wrote that Lydia did the same thing to Reggie Rockstone which according to Lydia was fabrication.
“In the case of Funny Face and I, this was for a filming of a programme, but in his true lazy fashion, he didn’t verify this information before putting it out there. But rather decided to write libellous statements about me, and at one point stating I’ve been known to kiss people in public. This is what occurs when unqualified persons are given the opportunity to operate as reporters.
“Even more sad was the fact that social network has become a reliable source of information to most media houses, without making an effort to authenticate these stories. Sadly, now anyone can put out false information and call it the truth.
I am highly disappointed in Adeyemi, and even more disappointed in Ghanaweb for allowing such a person to operate with them, where a writer copies stories from other sites without any knowledge and presents it as their own. It is about time reporters, especially, those who haven’t had any form of education in that area, were made more accountable for what they wrote,” she added.
“Henceforth I demand that no one rely on any information this person puts out unless he admits where he flawed, and be more responsible and stop being lazy,” the statement concluded.
