Ssaru Wa Manyaru: Dating a celebrity is signing a death warrant
High-flying female singer Sylvia Ssaru a.k.a Ssaru Wa Manyaru says marrying a fellow celebrity is a death sentence.
In the three years she has been in the limelight, Ssaru Wa Manyaru says if there is one decision that could go horribly wrong for her music career and herself, it would be marrying another high-profile person in the showbiz industry.
“Heh! Did you have to ask me that? It is like signing your own death warrant. The history I have with these so-called celebrities would kill you. To be honest, I wouldn’t even consider marrying a celebrity, let alone going out with one. No matter how good you are and how pure your intentions are, if you are a celebrity, you are automatically out,” says Ssaru.
The singer argues that being in the same industry and all that goes with it doesn’t provide a good environment for celebrity relationships to thrive.
“I don’t want to get into it too much, but from my experience, celebrity relationships don’t work for me. The character development I had to go through, but of course I also had to pay back. You can see why it doesn’t work,” she said.
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The singer recently revealed that the exploitation of young aspiring musicians by top celebrities and key players in the music industry is rampant.
She claimed that these people are the worst people to rely on when you are an aspiring musician.
“People are promised so much just to be trapped and get laid. Especially these celebrities with big names, they have nothing to offer but empty promises of how they will show you the way, by the time you realise you have shown them other ways too.”
But who is to blame?
She said: “I feel that the girls are also to blame because they fall for these empty promises so easily. Besides, it’s all about how you present yourself and it’s become a culture with these top celebrities because they’re used to it. Once they see that you are naive and actually supported, they will come after you.”
According to Ssaru, one case study is the promise of collaborations with top artists.
“Someone will promise you that they will help you organise a collabo with, let’s say, Harmonize. Before you know it, you end up in an AirBnB in Kilimani just to get you a collabo. Trust me, the collabo will never happen, but he will feast on you,” she added.