Mr Beautiful Says He Introduced ‘Celebrity Political Endorsement’ In Ghana

In the dynamic landscape of Ghanaian politics, the role of celebrities endorsing political candidates has become increasingly influential. Amongst those who trail-blazed this path is  renowned Ghanaian actor and comedian, Clement Bonney, popularly known as Mr. Beautiful.

The actor,  in a recent interview with Amansan Krakye on Cape Coast’s Property FM,  claimed credit for bringing celebrity political endorsement to the country. He added that other celebrities started going off on tangents after watching what he did.

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Mr. Beautiful, revealed that he was humilated when he supported former president John Dramani  Mahama in 2012. He said, “There’s politics in everything that we do in this life, and even in our homes where we stay, there is politics there. I was the one who introduced celebrity political endorsement in Ghana and that was in the year 2012 when I set the pace for others to follow.

”When I set the pace a lot of those in the kumawood movie industry insulted me and even denied me of movie roles by sidelining me. They did a lot against me but later they realized what I did was the right thing and in 2016 the likes of Agya Koo, Matilda Asare, and Lumba all joined but it was me Mr Beautiful that brought that thing,” he averred..