The 29-year-old Saudi superstar Amy Roko, a rapper, comedian, and Cosmo ME‘s Spring 2022 cover star, was allegedly in the lineup for the new cast in the second season of Netflix’s Dubai Bling.
Via Cosmopolitan Middle East’s Spring 2022 Issue
Amy was informed that she would take part in a “dating” storyline, which she found uncomfortable, and the very next day “she got an email saying that Netflix didn’t feel she was the right fit for the storyboard so they wouldn’t be continuing with her,” a source told Arabian Business.
It’s not surprising that Amy Roko’s next big career moment would be on the giant streaming platform as she told Cosmo ME in 2022 “when I was in eighth grade, I told my mum I wanted to go on TV. She called up the station and told them her amazing, super funny daughter wanted to join one of their segments, but eventually when they found out that I cover my face they straight up said no.
He told my mum that pretty girls don’t cover up, and she subsequently had to tell me that I couldn’t go on TV. Now I have amassed this huge social media following, it’s like a big F you to that producer.”
Netflix has not yet responded publicly to these claims. But, it’s safe to say that we would have *loved* to Amy Roko on the reality TV show.
Via Instagram @amyroko
More about Amy Roko…
Amy has earned over 1.6 million Instagram followers, making her a social media sensation. In 2015, she debuted her comedy routines on Vine. She left her job in 2019 to pursue a full-time career in social media and has since worked with well-known brands including Levi.
Via Instagram @amyroko
We also got an opportunity to have an interview with her a few years back where she mainly explained the misconception about the burqa, and about her new music video GirlGang.
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