Broadcaster Serwaa Amihere has publicly reacted to her leaked intimate video for the first time. Since the video went viral in the first week of April, the GHOne presenter remained tight-lipped until now.
However, in her official reaction to the video via a press statement issued late Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the celebrated broadcaster said the 5-year-old video was taken when she “underestimated” her influence.
According to Serwaa Amihere, the video “severely embarrassed” her as well as her family, friends, employers and businesses and brands.
Adding, it has become “a source of frustration to all who have been my support, inspiration, and encouragement throughout my journey in the media.”
She then even revealed that the publication of the content came five months after “threats and extortion” which made her involved the “police to bring the extortionists to book.“
Serwaa Amihere apologized “for the embarrassment, disappointment, and frustration which this matter has caused,” adding, “I have learnt deeply useful lessons for the future.”
Read the full statement by Serwaa Amihere
On April 2, 2024, someone posted an intimate video of me on the internet. This came almost 5 months after threats and extortion, along with efforts by the police to bring the extortionists to book.
The video (which was made 5 years ago) has severely embarrassed me, my family and my loved ones. It has also exposed my employers, and the businesses and brands I represent to embarrassment.
Additionally, the video has been a source of frustration to all who have been my support, inspiration, and encouragement throughout my journey in the media.
At the time, 5 years ago, I considerably underestimated the extent of my influence, my potentials, what I would become, and what I would come to represent to this society.
Sincerely, I say sorry for the embarrassment, disappointment, and frustration which this matter has caused to my family and loved ones, to the distinguished businesses and brands I represent, and to you.
In all, I have learnt deeply useful lessons for the future.
Thank you.
~ Serwaa Amihere
April 24, 2024, Accra.