Ghana Screen goddess, Nadia Buari, has expressed a deep worry about how sections of the local media have been �mishandling� issues concerning her private life.
Speaking n an exclusive interview with News-One last Sunday after the paper tracked her to her new shooting location at Akosombo in the Eastern Region, Nadia said the media has become one of the major challenges in her chosen career aside time constrains and other difficulties every actor faces.
She said the media has been invading her privacy to an extent that �Every now and then people are assuming things about me and publishing it.� According to Nadia, even though her fans want to know what is going on in her life, the media must be cautious and respect her privacy, saying she considers matters concerning her relationship private.
�I feel that part of me is very personal, very private so it should stay that way. What I am bringing to the public is the movies. It is what I am doing, my career is my job. That is what we should be talking about. I don�t like to talk about my private life and so I don�t want my private life out there,� she cautioned.
The actress is also saddened by comments that she is snobbish. She said she is an introvert, as such, she always likes keeping to herself. But most people including some of her colleagues in the movie industry misconstrue that to mean arrogance and being snobbish.
�I am extremely quite because I am very shy person. You will never know until you get close to me and you will know the kind of person I am.�
She would, however, not talk about her alleged collapsed relationship with Michael Essien and other allegations that she had a child with a Holland-based Ghanaian. But she refuted rumours that amorously linked her to Van Vicker, saying it was because of the good chemistry that always existed between her and Van in their movies that made people think they were having a secret affairs.
Nadia also reacted to News One�s earlier reports that she had not been attending her own movie premiers. �Why wouldn�t I come to the premiere of my own movies and meet my fans and sign autographs and take pictures with them? Every time my movies are premiered, I don�t know when they are going to premiere, they never discuss it with us to find out if our schedule is right and you know I am always out of the country.�
On her marriage plans she said: �I want to establish myself well before I get married. Before you become somebody�s wife, you must have your own life. I have to work so hard to get to this point of my life and I am going to continue because I don�t think I have achieved enough or what I want to achieve. Marriage kind of pulls you down. It demands a lot and I am not willing to relax, I want to work harder and get somewhere.
I will get married but not anytime soon. Probably a couple of years, I am not sure. But anyway, hey! You never know. I may say this now but tomorrow may come with something different.�
Last week, the actress showed her humanitarian side at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, when she doled out one thousand dollars as her contribution to save the life of a young girl suffering from brain tumor.
Nadia said she is about to launch her Buari Foundation very soon to continue her charity project in and around Nima, Agbogbloshie and some deprived areas.
Currently, she said she has lost count of her movies but could tell it is over thirty movies. In the future, Nadia hopes to stride into Hollywood and later produce and direct her own movies.
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