KSM banters with delay

Bubbly radio and television host, Deloris Frimpong Manso, aka Delay, was a guest on KSM’s Thank God It’s Friday last Friday.

With Delay, there is always something exciting to look out for. From being a radio presenter to television host and miniseries producer to an entrepreneur, Delay had a lot to tell. Here are excerpts taken from GhanaGist Celebrity Gossip.

To begin with, KSM complimented her for keeping her good figure and asked whether she had been visiting the gym .

Yes, I used to be 90 kilos now am 69-68.

You go daily?

Yes, apart from Sundays. It’s about feeling good in my skin I am great when I feel light, you know I have goods and I have to control them.

How are things going generally?

Things are great. You know the pressure that comes with our kind of business but we are managing by God’s grace.

I mean it’s the life we’ve chosen so we just have to live and take as it comes. I am just living my life.

You are known to ask very probing questions on your shows .

Yes, questions have to be refreshing, because we hear the same questions every time. So what I am doing is breaking away from the stereotype presentation.

Then allow me to ask you refreshing questions. Your twitter handle is?

@virgindelay

Are you a virgin?

Come and try and see. (Laughs)

The media loves you! What’s the most exciting headline that you have read about yourself?

Delay Throws Blows, Delay Is Lesbian, Delay Is Pregnant, Delay Dates Spanish Billionaire.

Do you ever respond to them?

No I don’t, even when the Wanlov  Kubolor’s thing came up, I never commented anywhere. I just kept  quiet;  when you say one thing people will twist it to suit themselves so the best thing is to keep quiet and let life happen. Humans will always be human beings and they will keep on talking.

What’s your guiding principle in life?

I believe in Karma so when I do something bad to someone, it will come back  to me.  So I try to be good to whoever I meet. I am not saying I’m a saint but  I try to be a good person because Karma is one hell of an unforgiving woman.

When did you start having this spiritual outlook to life?

I think that as we are growing, we become stronger spiritually. It’s a spiritual world and I think we are being watched all the time by, both good and bad spirits.

So you need to put your spiritual life together so the physical would also be strong all the time. I am a Christian and very spiritual. I don’t fornicate and I don’t do sinful things.

Are you dating?

Why, do you want to date me? [Laughs] That’s a deep question. I am not answering that question, but I have been talking to someone.

How did you get Wanlov to show his dingling on TV?

First of all, I didn’t show Wanlov’s dingling on TV, like people said I did. I am a professional, I have been in this media business for over 14 years and I wouldn’t do that. That part was edited out of my show but unfortunately the rough cut leaked onto Youtube and then on Facebook and went viral.

So people who didn’t watch the show on TV assumed that it was on TV. But as usual, I just kept my cool, and knew the truth was going to vindicate me.

And that episode really made me feel powerful, that I could tell someone to go naked and he did. So it means that whatever I want my guests to do, I can squeeze it out of them. I’m Delay, so you should do whatever I want you to do.

I had another interview with Ofori Amposah and the kind of things I pushed him to say, I felt  like “wow”. He was naked, he didn’t take off his clothes like Kuborlor but he was naked. I think that’s my strength and I have to utilise it.

Let’s talk about your weight loss.

I used to weigh 90, I used to wear size 16 and I was going on to 18 and I was not comfortable with that and feeling fat and so I decided to hit the gym and diet at the same time. Now am like 69 down from 90.

And Ghanaians are not used to the whole weight loss idea and so many people wonder if I am sick but it’s about feeling good and being able to wear the kind of things I want to wear.

I don’t take sugar, milk, meat and yam. I would rather eat plantain and if I feel for rice I would take small portions.

Besides, I’ve I cut down on all greasy foods, and it’s not like I don’t cheat, I cheat on Sundays when I eat all the things I crave and bounce back on Monday morning to normal dieting.

Your TV Show “Afia Schwaznegger” is doing well, and you have other businesses…

Afia Schwaznegger is three years and counting and I started with one lady and she had to go, then another came to take up and had to go and I am now  auditioning for the next Afia. And my Delay mackerel is doing well too.