It seems that this year has not been particularly fortunate for Egyptian artist Mohamed Ramadan due to consecutive crises arising one after another. Following the crisis stemming from the death of Egyptian pilot Ashraf Abu El-Ysir, conflicts with media personality Amr Adib that reached the courts, and exchanges with the family of the late artist Ismail Yassin, Ramadan has now encountered a new issue involving a clothing tailor supported by the wife of a well-known artist.
The story began when fashion designer Ashraf Fajla accused Ramadan, whom he referred to as "number one," of not paying for three suits he had designed for the artist. In a television interview, the tailor revealed that he gifted Ramadan a long coat that he liked very much and did not collect the payment for it with the intention of future dealings. Fajla went on to design several outfits for Ramadan, some of which he wore in the "Mafia" music video, but he did not settle the payments for them.
The designer confirmed that the amount owed by Mohamed Ramadan might not be significant to him, but due to financial difficulties, he was compelled to demand payment. He emphasized his genuine care for his relationship with the artist, stating that he had visited him in his office multiple times, yet Ramadan's manager evaded him and ignored his responses, saying, "I am a hardworking man and the money matters to me."
"Pay up, star"
This incident seemingly provoked Nada Kamel, the wife of Egyptian actor Ahmed El-Fishawy, prompting her to send a stern message on her Facebook page criticizing Ramadan and urging him to pay people's dues. Kamel stated, "Pay, star, the price for the clothes you took, and you let your manager ignore the tailor for two years, and when he came to you, you treated him poorly. I would have paid rather than face this scandal… Pay for the 4 vests and the 3 suits, or will you keep insisting that all your clothes are Versace while you imitate them, and half of your clothes are made by tailors, thinking we are foolish and don't know the original from the counterfeit?"
She continued in her post, asking, "Please, star, dress in silence and pay what you owe... and one last request, I hope you pronounce 'Versace' correctly. It's not shameful for a person to be rich and happy with their money as long as they've worked hard for it... but the shame is yours now. There’s no one in the world right now who talks about wealthy people while they are living like you."
She added, "Celebrity and sports people have big teams to help manage their lives and understand what they do with their money, and no one nowadays goes without a life coach to teach them what to say, how, and when. This is not shameful at all; these things are designed specifically for people like you, those with low mental and social levels, or very rich people who need teams to manage their finances and someone to keep them in check."
It is worth mentioning that there had been a significant dispute last year between Mohamed Ramadan and Ahmed El-Fishawy over a song released by the latter entitled "Number 2," which many believed was a veiled mockery of Ramadan's song "Number 1," released years earlier. This sparked a series of direct responses from both parties.
Recently, crises have escalated for artist Mohamed Ramadan, including a complaint filed by an Egyptian lawyer with the public prosecutor accusing him of intentionally causing emotional distress to pilot Ashraf Abu El-Ysir, who passed away last Saturday in the intensive care unit following a health crisis six weeks after the crisis between him and Ramadan escalated after the Ministry of Aviation revoked Abu El-Ysir's lifetime license for allowing Ramadan to enter the airplane cabin and share photos from it.
The same lawyer also filed another complaint regarding Ramadan's conflict with the family of artist Ismail Yassin, who were angered by a scene aired in this year's series "Mousa," starring Ramadan.
