Ghanaian actress and socialite Rosemond Brown, widely known as Akuapem Poloo, has made a surprising revelation about how she launched her career, admitting that she once paid people to insult her on social media to gain public attention.
Speaking during an interview on Joy Prime, July 23, 2025, Poloo shared that her path to fame was far from traditional, and she resorted to controversial tactics to break into the spotlight.
“At first when I started, I was paying for people to insult me for about a year. I’ve been in the game, and no one calls me and I was not getting anything,” she revealed.
While many celebrities dread negative publicity, Akuapem Poloo embraced it as a calculated tactic to get people talking and it worked.
She explained that after a year of deliberately courting controversy online, the offers started coming in.
“But after that, people were calling me for interviews, skin care deals. Stars would call me to dance or twerk on their songs and they would pay me. Even Fameye was giving me GH¢5,000 to twerk on his song.”
Poloo also opened up about how poorly she was compensated during her acting days, especially before her rise to social media fame.
“As for the acting, GH¢20. With GBC, they were giving me something better because of legendary Maame Dokono—she was taking good care of us, but with the others, it was GH¢20.”
Her testimony sheds light on the struggles many Ghanaian entertainers face in the early stages of their careers and the lengths some go to to break into the spotlight.
Credit: MyNewsGh.com
