Actress Lizzy Gold has criticised her father over what she described as an entitlement mentality following his underwhelming reaction after she sent him a monetary gift for Easter.
In a now-deleted Instagram video posted on Sunday, the Wasted Beauty actress narrated how she transferred a “huge” amount of money to her father’s account in the early hours of Easter Monday, expecting a heartfelt appreciation in return.
“Normally, I always send my father money. I have his account number. So what I do (is that) at night I send him money so that when he wakes up in the morning, he’ll see the amount I’ve sent to him,” Lizzy said.
“I love surprises. I always surprise my father and trust me, whenever he wakes up in the morning and sees whatever amount I’ve given to him, he’ll pray for me… Trust me, I enjoy the prayers, as it gingers me to want to do more.”
However, things played out differently during Easter. Lizzy explained that her father had messaged her earlier that day asking for money.
“On Easter day, my father sent me a message: ‘Baby how far na. Do Easter for you papa na’. He sent me the message in the morning. I pretended like I did not see it.
“At 2 am, I dropped a huge amount of money in his account. You know that kind of a feeling of giving your dad big money and you’re expecting to wake up to see some kind of prayers that will bubble you.
“After sending him the money around 2 am, I woke up only to check my phone and see ‘thanks’. No prayers. Nothing.”
Disappointed by the response, Lizzy said she put a call through to her father to express her feelings.
“‘I sent you money. This is 10 times the amount I usually sent. And all you could say is thanks. No prayers’,” she recalled telling him.
She added that her father responded, “I prayed for you in my heart.”
Unimpressed, Lizzy said she told him: “Daddy, I don’t pluck money from trees. I work tirelessly for my money. I enjoy the prayers. It gingers me to want to do more.”
