Babes and Mampintsha’s reality show a hit
JOHANNESBURG – Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha’s reality show is reportedly a hit since midnight on 29 June 2021.
Showmax issued a statement saying, the reality show, ‘Uthando Lodumo’, which started streaming at midnight on 29 June 2021, had fans staying up to binge the full series before 03h00 on 30 June 2021.
The three-part Showmax Original reality series follows Bongekile Simelane, aka, Babes and Mandla Maphumulo, aka, Mampintsha from their proposal live on Gagasi FM in October last year through marriage counselling, lobola negotiations, pregnancy and a surprise bridal shower all the way to their vibrant wedding in April this year.
Babes admits on the series that “working with your partner can be challenging”, but said she was madly in love with Mampintsha and that they made hit song after hit song.
“And we made a lot of money as a result.” Babes and Mampintsha’s relationship hasn’t always been a fairy tale, though, with an incident of gender-based violence trending on social media in 2019.
On the show, after his initial letter to Babes’ family is rejected, fans see him apologising to Babes’ parents.
Babes is Swati and Mampintsha is Zulu, and they were both raised Christian, so their wedding was a bringing together of three cultures, as well as two very different families.
On the show, it’s revealed that Mampintsha booked a gig on their wedding day and were late for their big moment.
In a diary session, Mampintsha compared their love to “Indian love”, explaining, “Indians hold hands in the scorching sun, their hands dripping with sweat but they won’t let each other go. We call that ‘Indian love’. That’s the kind of love Babes and I have for each other.
“We’ve come a long way, from when I was a teenager and he was in Big Nuz, to just being in love, to trending for all the wrong reasons and falling back in love.
“Our love is very famous… Our journey hasn’t been easy but we managed to make it work. So whoever has a problem with us will eventually fall in line,” said Babes.
The reality series was produced and directed by South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) winner Thomas Gumede and SAFTA nominee Lungile Radu through their production company, Parental Advisory.