I believe In Tasteful Nudity – Moet Abebe

Though born in England, Soundcity TV presenter and upcoming actress, Laura Monyeazo Abebe ,who goes by the name Moet Abebe, lived in Nigeria for 11 years before heading back to England to carry on with her education. In a recent chat with Sunday Vanguard, the screen goddess shared her passion,dreams and what makes her stand out. Read excerpts below… When did your career as a TV presenter begin? I got into the industry about three years ago. It all started with a passion and a dream. It wasn’t necessarily my plan. I had always wanted to be a lawyer, but in my second year in the university, I thought about coming back home and doing something different, interesting and a bit challenging. So, I made up my mind to go into broadcasting and I’ve always wanted to work for Soundcity. As soon as I moved back, I did a screen test and I got the job. Why did you decide to delve into acting? In all honesty, I actually wanted to be an actress first. How far I’ve gone with TV presenting now is how far I originally wanted to take it with acting. But when I moved back to Nigeria and needed to do my NYSC, there was no way I could do my NYSC with acting. So I decided to serve in a media house. I served here in Soundcity and after my NYSC, I was retained as a full staff. Which do you prefer – presenting or acting? In all honesty, I think I equally like both of them but acting is quite fun because today you can be one person and tomorrow you’re someone else. While presenting is like a reflection of yourself, what you see on TV is actually who I am. But in acting, I’m a completely different person.Which are you really passionate about? Because I’m still rising as an actress, I would say I have more passion for it, because I obviously want to get to a certain level. Right now, since I’m still trying to get up there, I would say I have more passion for acting. What has fame done for you? It’s quite nice when you go somewhere and people recognise you and you also get to meet a lot of people. On the bad side, people often forget that we are human beings and we make mistakes. Sometimes, I may wear something that I honestly thought was spectacular, but it wasn’t. I’m the kind of person that if I make a mistake, I like to acknowledge it and try to change it. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in the past with this and other things as well, but the main thing is trying to change. There’s no point making a mistake if you don’t learn from it. Some people think because you’re a celebrity you’re not supposed to make mistakes, but it happens, after all we’re human beings.