Popular Ghanaian actress and film producer, Yvonne Nelson has disclosed that her family, particularly her mother, has never watched any of her movies since she began her career in 2007.
In an interview on Onua FM, the 37- year- old actress revealed that her mother was never interested in any of her films, including those in which she starred and those in which she produced herself.
“You know African mothers; they see entertainers as the unserious ones. So since I started she has never watched any of my movies before, not even one. It bothers me but I haven’t had the conversation with her. Even with the movies I produced she has never been at the premiers or watched them before,” she said
According to her, the issue is so terrible that if her movies appear on any TV channel, Madam Margaret Gaddy will undoubtedly change the channel.
She admitted that, even when she tries to get her mother to watch her movies, they could not get beyond a single scene.
Yvonne Nelson revealed her mother has an interest in other movies, especially soap operas but the situation is not the same for her movies because her mother simply does not believe in her talent.
“Even when I get awards, they do not even mind, same with my two siblings. When I was banned in 2010, I was very depressed and wouldn’t even go out of my room and they still did not care. They are simply uninterested.”
Yvonne believes her mother’s status as a preacher, as well as some of the delicate roles she plays, play a factor
She is, however, inviting those who believe in her talent to a premiere of her latest self-produced movie, Kotoka, at the Silverbird Cinema on February 10.
