“It’s 2024, stop asking us to work for free” Bella Okagbue
Reality TV personality Bella Okagbue recently voiced her concerns on Twitter regarding the compensation of content creators by business and brand owners.
She emphasized the importance of brands establishing a standard practice of fairly compensating creatives for their work.
Okagbue further disclosed some common statements brands have used, such as promising “early access to unreleased products” or offering “free items in exchange for collaboration.”
Asserting that it’s a new year, Okagbue urged individuals to cease requesting creatives to work without compensation. She conveyed these sentiments while extending a morning greeting to everyone.
“Brands need to normalise paying creatives their rate.
“You get early access to unreleased product”
“we want to send you items for free in exchange for collaboration” etc
It’s 2024, Stop asking us to work for free.
Goodmorning everyone”
Now recall that Just a few hours ago, Bella had shared an adorable picture of herself and Sheggz on a video call as he slept off. She revealed that it was the current standing of their long-distance relationship. Sheggz Nigeria some while ago to be in the UK for some projects. This is the first time in a long time that the lovebirds have been separated.
Now also recall that back in December 2023, Bella Okagbue had declared that so many Nigerians do not want her to succeed. Her remarks came after she faced a lot of backlash from Nigerians who slammed her for her statements regarding her and her boyfriend’s high endorsement fees.
She had revealed in a TikTok live session that a lot of brands could not afford her and her boyfriend Sheggz because they were expensive. However, many netizens slammed her, accusing her of fabricating stories about rejecting brand deals due to their costs.
In September of 2023, Bella shared a message that a fan of her boyfriend had sent her. The fan had told her that she would find her and kill her if she ever went out of her way to hurt Sheggz, her boyfriend.