Amy Roko answered “no comment” when asked about the news that she had been fired from season 2 of Netflix’s Dubai Bling.
Arabian Business yesterday revealed that the Saudi influencer had been fired from the show shortly after filming began after a disagreement arose regarding her storyline which was set to include dating. A development that Roko was uncomfortable with.
Roko’s no comment was made to Harper’s Bazaar Arabia on Thursday.
“I know who I am and what my values are,” Roko said.
“I’m Arab and evil eye is real! All I’ll say is stay tuned because bigger and better is just around the corner!” she added.
Dubai Bling fires Roko
On Wednesday, a source told Arabian Business that Roko was fired via an email, “saying that Netflix didn’t feel she was the right fit for the storyboard so they wouldn’t be continuing with her.”
Netflix declined to comment when approached by Arabian Business.
Roko has become a social media sensation with over 1.6 million followers on Instagram. She first started performing comedy sketches on Vine in 2015. In 2019 she quit her job to work in social media full time and has since worked with huge brands including Levi.
In a recent interview with Cosmopolitan Middle East, she said: “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.”
The first series of Dubai Bling – which claims to follow the lives of Dubai-based “millionaires”, became one of the most watched ever Netflix shows to be created in this region.
Follow us on
