‘Fear keeps us apart’ – Mr Drew on why his industry mates are ‘just work-friends’ to him
According to Mr Drew, he sees his fellows in the entertainment industry as just “work friends” and not “proper friends”.
He said it was “sometimes good” to keep things like this without becoming “too personal”.
This helps avoid “[unnecessary] issues,” he explained.
The star dancer and singer spoke to Zeal Nana Kweku Bliss on Class 91.3 FM’s Class Xtra.
“We’re work friends. When there’s an issue, or we want to find out information from each other, it’s quite easy, but apart from that… That doesn’t happen often… Even the work-friends are not plenty,” Drew said.
Competition
Speaking on why this was so, he said, “some people feel” threatened by the presence and talent of others, fearing “you’re coming from their bread”.
Seniority
“Once somebody comes before you or gets a hit song before you, and now you all are there – at par, so to speak – they still want to show you, ‘Hey, I was here before you.’ So sometimes they’ll keep their space, giving you some gap. And that’s fine, so you also don’t become too familiar… It has its downsides, however,” he added.
“So I can’t say we have friends [in the industry]. I’ll say we have colleagues or work-friends,” Mr Drew emphasised.
Source: classfmonline.com
