The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has pointed out that the practice of projecting superficial ideologies from telenovelas onto real-life marriages is a major contributing factor to divorce.

He described this phenomenon as delusional, stating that the fairy tale mindset often promoted by these shows can lead to high expectations and impatience within viewers.

In an interview with Berla Mundi, he said “Divorce rates are high because people are watching too much telenovela. Movies have taught us a certain culture of impatience. No two people can live together without issues. In most movies, the guy does something the lady doesn’t like, then she calls her lawyer and sues him and they end the marriage. They both go their separate ways. They move on and find someone better. That’s not real life. Movies are scripts. At a point, they tell you to cut and take it again. In life, there is no cut.

“That’s one of the things the LGBTQ people are doing with the movies, in 2011 when I went to Kumasi, if anyone heard about money sacrifice, it was a scary thing. So, we were accustomed to it by the power of movies. So that’s the challenge of marriage as well in young couples,” he said.

Sam George, revealed that outside of work, he primarily spends quality time with his wife.

“When I am not doing politics, I am lying by my wife,” he established in an interview with TV3’s Berla Mundi.

Sam George, who recently celebrated 11 years of marriage with his wife, established that it entails a lot of work.

“It’s been a good journey. Marriage is work but it is a good enterprise, especially when you’re doing it with the right person. Marriage is not a noun; it is a verb.”

Sam George shared that when he encounters misunderstandings with his wife, he has adopted a new approach of staying silent and steadfast.

“I used to free my mind when I was angry. I say whatever is on my mind but now I have stopped that because I have realized that after we settle our fights, I realize some of the things I said were totally wrong. Maybe in some cases, I was the one who was initially offended, but because of the things I said, now I have to apologize. But you see, even the tongue and teeth fight. The only reason I will support walking away from a marriage is emotional and physical abuse,” he added.

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