 Hi, what's up, good people, Karibuni Sana. Today we have an amazing guest, she goes by the name Maureen in real life Brenda. Tkonae apa tako tkupi guestori nae atombie amekuwa je Maureen. How are you? I'm good. Nikosawa eh, it's been a good one. So... Unendele aje pala kwa setitun na mambo, ina chemuka kidogo ebutu, changamisha kidogo, mambo ene? Mambo ene na Shwari, guleti nafa. Alice, istangu am back for her. Istangu ama puna mutwa tumes nae, na lazima tupede kajib na traka. Ya. Ok, kuna iso. Kuna the previous interview that you did, someone was asking, wewe una deit, tito ama, tito ni buwana ako, I don't know ni yuliza ajiwa suwali, ebutu ala. No, we are not dating. No. Sisi ni ma brother, that's it. Tito nae kwa industry moja, doa me kwa beshtangu, even before Becky as I had said, but we are not dating. Actually... Namakwae, today we are seeing some child actors, we are very proud of them. How did your journey start? Childhood. Childhood. From my house. From our house. Oh, ok. Around six. Six years. Yeah. What was your first gig then? No, not as a gig, but just having fun in the house with my mum, my mum was very happy with it. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, my mum was like my tutor. Yeah, so... Yeah, this was fun, but professionally it was 2013. 2013. Yeah. Which was the first movie that you did? Movie. Blood Ties by Insignia. Yeah. I know these kids are going to watch you and they follow you, you are their mentor, they want to be like you, what would you tell them? Chase your dreams. Never give up. Challenges are there and not everyone is happy for you, but learn to know when to do what you need to do. Yeah. We'll see why give up and that's the main thing. Don't give up. Yeah. It might take time. Like, the best example I normally use is Mogan Freeman at 55. So that means dreams are valid. It doesn't matter what time. Everyone has their different chases. Everyone has a different timeframe. So just don't give up. Keep on pushing. Sorry I cut you there. I was going to ask, do you think the film industry is a safe place for children? It's crazy. It's... It's 50-50. Because I'll be lying if I don't say we have praise out here. And this praise even target, even the adults like us. So kids are the most dangerous sport and so when you have a child in the industry, you really have to look out for them. You really have to mentor them a lot to make them understand what the extent they need to give themselves out. And what are some of the characteristics they need to portray and how they need to protect themselves in case you are not there. Yeah. But as a parent, you always need to be there. You always need to find out who has your child and when and what exactly the child is doing in case you're not there because at times we send our children with nannies, with friends. Yeah, but you always need to know. Yeah. What is that one role you have always wanted to play? Hey, Afani, this is one of the last times I've been going on. I don't see one. No. How are you? Please, it's interesting. Yeah. Me as Brenda, I always go for every role like it was my first because every role in a different character and so when I approach it in a different way, then none of them is special. Each character, it all depends on how I achieve it, how I perceive it. Yeah, so yeah. How can I use specific character? Okay. I love action movies. So all my characters are good. I love all my characters. But my number one is Maliet on Pakani. Yeah, because growing up, I always wanted to play the role of an action, like be that character. Yeah, being an action movie and all that. But still, all my characters are really good. All of them. I love all of them. Yeah. We love your screen. We love your screen. Thank you. That's film pay. Yes, it does, but then it takes time. We live in a city where you need to have a name to get better pay. So before you have that name, you need to have an aside hustle. So that's why everyone is fighting to get that fame. Because when you get that name, then it's easy. Yeah. Do you take acting as a full-time job or a part-time job? Full-time. Full-time. Why? Because I wake up, I go to bed, I work, everything around me is at, and that's where I want to live. I'm hoping some years to come, I would have my own production house and also mentor some people who really need the chance to grow as I did. Yeah. If Brenda was not acting today, and you want to find a name? I'll be a journalist. Yeah, I'll be a journalist. Yeah. Maybe now I want to the kids as they, you know, as the premier and going forward, just a word for them. Now as the, maybe new in this industry, maybe when they learn, you will be better. One major thing is don't let fame take over your life. Fame is bad. It comes, but then it takes a few shots to put it down. So as long as, as much as you're acting, as much as the main character, do not let it ruin your life. Do not feel different from others. Do not feel special. Yes, you're special because you're the main character, but do not let that take you, like Ile Kutuaikwa, who you really are. Yeah, it's just like any other job like it. Yeah. Have you had like a, maybe a bad brush with fame, like a bad experience? Yeah, I have. Can you tell us about it? I came to Becky when I was not, I was not so okay. I've been battling first stage of Greta and it's given me different challenges in myself. Like my voice, my throat swell, I swell and people who do not know that tend to attack me, especially with my voice. They find my voice funny for themselves. Like they don't know what I'm going through. So it's been a struggle. Yeah, it's been a struggle, but hopefully I'll overcome it because I'm under medication. And if you noticed from the beginning of the show to now, there's a difference. There's a bit of difference. So yeah, that's the one thing I'm battling with online. I don't know what's happening. So they're just using that as an attack mechanic. Yeah. Going through all that, what keeps you moving? I trust that it's positive as I can. And the kind of person would laugh at it. What do you call it? If you bully me, I laugh at it because at the end of the day, if it makes you happy to bully someone, then I think there's a big, really big problem with you. If you bully someone and you take credit for that, you have a huge problem. You need to work on yourself. Personal, I feel like bullies have so much insecurity issues and they tend to throw blame to people so that they can use it to cover themselves up. Yeah. So for me, all I do is laugh about it and go on because at the end of the day, we're all humans. We're not here to stay. If you feel it's okay for you to continue doing something bad to someone, that's on you. But continue being happy. You won't stop me from being happy. Yeah. What message would you tell people who like bullying people out there without knowing what they are battling in really? If you are bullied out there, you need to, if you find happiness in doing that, you need to sit down and ask yourself so many questions, like, am I okay? Like, what benefit does it give me to make someone else feel bad? What benefit do I get? Do I get a trophy? Do I get friends? What does it give you? And if you do that calculation and find out there's no benefits whatsoever, then you need to work on yourself. You need healing. You need to really work on yourself to overcome that. Personally, I feel like being a bully is lacking something. So if you're a bully out there, you need to find that thing that you're lacking. So you can feel whole enough to feel happy for others. Alright. Thank you so much. We're glad you're recovering. We wish you all the best. Thank you. Nassanti Senafukami, we hope you enjoy the premiere. Before to Malaysia, your relationship with Tisha, your friends, one minute, another minute, you're not friends, tell us about your relationship with Tisha. On set. On set, we're not really friends according to the story. It's just that when I see the something I can get from her, then I smile about it. Maureen is a go-getter, if you know by now. In real life, we're actually friends. Okay, not so close friends, but we're friends. We actually had a phone call with her last night. So yeah. What you do tell your fans out there or watching you and they're still watching Becky and they love what you're doing? Just one word. Now Pender Sanna. No heroes. My haters. You make me famous. To my haters, you make me famous. Nassanti Senafukami, you deserve the trophy. Thank you so much. Thank you too.