Astute media personality Israel Laryea has hit back at critics while defending his wife, Louisa Laryea, following intense online criticism stemming from a social media post firing GHOne TV journalist Lily Mohammed.
Louisa Laryea fired shots at GHOne host Lily Mohamed following her criticism of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
The GHOne host’s criticism stems from the Foreign Affairs Ministry approving a Ghanaian passport to popular American streamer Darren Watkins Jr., popularly known as IshowSpeed.
Louisa Laryea, in her post, told the GHOne host Journalism goes way beyond make-up, skin bleaching, BBL and hair.
She highlighted that journalists must conduct thorough research, interrogate data, and demonstrate sound reasoning before criticising.
“Journalism goes way beyond make-up, skin bleaching, BBL, hair, and fashion. Journalists ought to research, court the facts, interrogate data, and demonstrate sound reasoning,” Louisa Laryea wrote.
However, Lily Mohamed, in a sharp rebuttal to Louisa Laryea’s post, stated: “…That you are married to a journalist definitely does not make you one. The profession is not sexually transmitted.
“I would have very much been open to a discourse with you, but seeing as you have absolutely no substance in that capacity, it would be a complete waste of my time. I hope you take a look at yourself in the mirror the next time you choose to be condescending, as you were with your distasteful post,” she added.
Renowned Ghanaian journalist and media personality Israel Laryea has since broken his silence following his wife’s being trolled following her criticism.
Israel Laryea, in a Facebook post, revealed that some trolls say Louisa, his wife, is ugly, citing that his wife is 52 years old and has given birth to three children, adding that the trolls should create a human, for everyone to see how they fare.
He further added that his wife never sought to infer that Lily Mohammed had bleached or done BBL because she does not know her and further went on to apologise to the GHOne host.
Israel Laryea, in his post, stated, “Louisa and I have had conversations about her post that went viral and caused a troll storm, and I got her to appreciate a few things – one of them being that there’s one thing about what you say and there’s another about how people interpret it.
While you may feel free to say what you wish, you cannot necessarily control how people understand it.
There’s also how people would choose to spin it to suit their own narrative.
She, however, explains that she never meant to body shame anyone.
Unfortunately, we can all agree that you can’t control how people choose to interpret a post.
Louisa further clarifies that she never sought to infer that Lily Mohammed had bleached or done BBL because she does not know her.
If Lily felt offended, sorry, but that was definitely not the intention.
I’ve also read posts and comments about my marriage. To those people, I’d say focus on your marriage if you have one or when you enter one.
There are also those who say Louisa is ugly. Really? This woman, right here at 52 years old after giving birth to three children, is ugly? Create a human, let’s see how you fare.
Finally, to the “friends” who joined the troll or fueled it, what real friends will do would be to reach out privately to obtain some context or seek to correct if necessary.
I’ve never trolled or joined trolling of a friend and would never do that. But hey, we’re all brought up differently, which is why we will always have differences in opinions.
Stay well.
…and to you, Louisa, I love you always”, his post concluded.
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