Ghanaian actor, Abraham Davis popularly known as Salinko has rebuffed reports of him being dead after a poster with the inscription “What a shock” went viral on social media.
According to him, the said poster was shared by his colleague Don Little on his social media page when they were shooting a movie series that aired on United Television (UTV).
He explained that the posters were made when they were required to make it to suit a storyline in the series they were shooting hence, there is no cause for alarm for people to panic.
Salinko urged the general public to disregard news about him being dead and prayed against such an occurrence.
“I’m not dead as it’s reported. We were shooting a TV series that was shown on UTV and there was a scene where we had to make a poster about myself. Don Little shared the poster with the inscription ‘What a shock’ on his page which made it go viral. So I want to assure my fans and beloved people to be calm because I am not dead. It happened when were shooting a series. So if there are such plans I cancel them in the name of Jesus and it shall never come to pass,” he said.
The comment was made after a poster in which Salinko was announced to be dead went viral on social media.
The poster came with the inscription “What a shock” but had the name “Bantama Kwasi Boakye” instead of Salinko’s real name.
The poster which went viral on social media was met with mixed reactions as some people were worried about the development.
Career Almost Ended By A Producer
Actor Salinko disclosed how a producer almost ended his career by blacklisting him for seven years.
Given the producer’s name as Karimodey, the CEO of Karimodey Ventures, Salinko revealed that this producer blacklisted him from the movie industry and for seven years, he didn’t land any major role.
He mentioned that the blacklisting originated from an incident where he (Salinko) went to shoot a movie for a different producer which made Karimodey angry.
Salinko recounted how he helped the producer when he began his career in the movie industry, which included leaving other movie sets to shoot a movie for the producer.
“There were days that I ran away from a movie set just to go and shoot movies for this producer. There was a movie we were both shooting and I got a gig somewhere so I dodged his and went to the other movie set. I got back and this producer said he wasn’t going to work with me again because I went to shoot for another producer,” he revealed.
“This producer started blacklisting me and during that time, he was very popular so when the movies are sent to him for marketing and production and he sees I am included, he either ignores it or tells them to remove my part from the story. For seven years, no producer was willing to work with me. I was Salinko in the system but I wasn’t acting like I planned to. I confronted this producer and he told me he had killed me, meaning he had taken me out of the system so I should apologize to him. I did that but saw no changes”, he said.
According to the actor, he began to gain traction after he released his series, and also with the help of Fada Dickson, who broadcasted some of his series on UTV.
“After shooting Barber and the Shoeshine, I came up with a new series titled Bantama Kwesi Boakye series with the late Kofi B. Three years later, Fada Dickson asked me to bring my series to be broadcast on UTV and that was how I regained my popularity in the entertainment industry”, he stated.
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