"Day I slept under the bridge" Ramsey Noah shares rags2riches story
Celebrities have started sharing their rags to
riches story to inspire people who look up to
them. In a new interview with Sunday Sun ,
actor Ramsey Noah recalled the years before
the fame and money.
"Those were the times when things got
really bad for my mother and I and we
had nothing. It was so bad that we
didn’t have a home or shelter to live in.
We had to stay in a store, a small store
that could take only one mat. My mother
and I squeezed ourselves in that mat.
We didn’t even have a cup to drink water
not to talk of a stove to cook. And my
mother had to borrow, beg and stuff like
that. These were moments when I was
young I didn’t realize the gravity of
poverty we were in, I couldn’t tell. But it
was a good orientation for me. It was
moments that I thank God for making me
past through, because that has
sustained and helped me even as an
actor. The ability to deliver all the roles
they give me because I have tasted both
sides of the coin." Ramsey said.
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Tell us about your growing up?
My growing up was like tasting the two sides
of a coin. When I said tasting the two sides of
a coin; I mean tasting being a rich man and a
poor man. I grew up with my mother, and with
a silver spoon, I had it all. When I began to
realize that I had good things to show off,
everything disappeared. We started from
grace to grass; that has helped me a lot
because it totally balanced the equation of
life. It gives me confidence in all spheres. For
instance, I can hang out with the enlightened
or the rich. I can mingle with them very easily
without any complication or complex
whatsoever. Also, if it is the low class or poor
people, I can mingle very easily with them. I
can eat a fantastic dinner in a huge, expensive
restaurant and I can go eat amala at a buka
and I would not feel anything. I don’t care
being a popular actor or a role model. I am a
role model to everybody.
Are you saying that fame has not denied you
anything in life?
It has denied me a few, but it has not denied
me being as natural as I want to be. I won’t
let that happen. It has happened to some of
my colleagues. Fame has taken them away
from what they wanted to do or be. There was
a time I went to a bank to pay my NEPA bill
and I was wearing a short and T-shirt,
because it was on Monday morning
somebody came down and said ‘Ramsey
Noah, you are a role model, you shouldn’t
have been wearing this’. I didn’t take it likely
with him.
With all these experiences, what has life
taught you?
Life has taught me never to look down on
anybody because the person you disregard
might just be your saviour tomorrow. I realized
that all my mother’s property was washed
away by rain. We couldn’t sleep all through
the night because of the flood. It was really
terrible. Like I said, it is a life lesson.
Is there anything that can make you cry or
shed tears after all you passed through?
Yeah, those moments; those terrible moments
when we had nothing and we were living off
people. People were just helping us out. There
were times we didn’t have food to eat three or
four days. You haven’t eaten and your
stomach is rumbling but you don’t have any
place to go. There was a time I lived on the
street, in shops. There was a time I slept
under the bridge. It was unfortunate that there
were no records so that we can have
memories we could play back now. To me, I
am so extremely grateful that I went through
it. At that time I hated everybody around me.
In fact, I used to question why God was doing
this to me. But I think God knew that I needed
this for my future.
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