Zari recalls her house help days
By: Sophie Opondo
Posted on Friday, January 10, 2020
Zari Hassan eats life with a big spoon. Many women envy her lavish lifestyle; the magnificent mansions, fleet of cars, her growing children and the fame. The beauty has also been able to get two highly known and respected men in their fields of work to commit to her.
The socialite has been bashed severally that the reason she is famous and remains relevant is because she married up, she however begs to differ. According to the mother of five, she worked hard to get to the top with her first husband, the late Ivan Ssemwanga. Her relationship with Diamond, well, we know how that story goes. It’s not news.
Born Zarinah Tlale, she wasn’t always the sophisticated lady who flies first class without breaking the bank. She worked started off as a house help. Boss lady decided to tell fans who want to end up like her someday that she wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She has worked hard to earn everything she has.
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In a lengthy post shared on her Instagram page, Zari revealed how she struggled to make ends meet back in the United Kingdom. She was there to study cosmetology and it was during this period in her life that she doubled up as a house help and a cashier to afford a roof over her head.
Life can be a rollercoaster and you will never know where you’ll end up.
From studying my cosmetology course in the UK (which hasn’t helped me) while doing house girl work to pay my accommodation (yes I’ve been a maid before)to running through buses to get to my next stop Wood green where I worked as a cashier and sometimes as an isle packer in Sainsbury. Friend, I started out early wasn’t even sure why me. But the inner voice in me wanted better. My dad had left, my mom was doing tailor jobs day and night I couldn’t stand seeing her struggle. I couldn’t stand her pain. I was living with my aunt in the UK who treated me like a step child. Gosh!
Been through boutiques, long economy flights to China in between building a school and having babies. My music and TV career is a story for another day. Phew!
All I’m saying, consistency is key. It doesn’t matter where you are or what you do. Just do it.
Well, Zari decided to peel off the mask. As they say, success is the camouflage long hours in overalls with a shovel at hand.
