Fem Tip: Being popular hasn’t changed me - Bella

Jul 01, 2011

It is everyone’s dream to become famous. But did you know that fame comes at a cost? VICKY WANDAWA talked to Bella Ndagire, a singer, for whom one aspect of life changed with fame

It is everyone’s dream to become famous. But did you know that fame comes at a cost? VICKY WANDAWA talked to Bella Ndagire, a singer, for whom one aspect of life changed with fame

There are certain things people think I should not be doing. However, I am a carefree person and I have not let my lifestyle change because I’m popular.

Interestingly, it’s fellow celebrities that are irked by my lifestyle because I’m not living the “celebrity way”. There are places I go to and they tell me: “How can you hang out there!” They believe that as celebrities we should only hang out in classy places. But I go where I am comfortable.

My choice of food also surprises them. I love posho and I will order for it without a tinge of shame. So they ask, how can a person of your status eat posho? My other love is rolex (chapati with eggs)! Actually, I have a particular guy I buy it from and he knows that as soon as he sees my car pull over, I have come for rolex. I am not ashamed about it although people do not expect me to stop at the roadside to buy rolex.

And then there are the boda bodas. Why would I get stuck in a traffic jam and miss a business deal simply because I do not want to be seen on a boda boda?

I do as I please because it’s not easy to please everyone anyway.

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