We all ‘moan’ differently, says annoyed Lasizwe
Media personality Lasizwe was not there for the shade thrown his way about his lack of composure at his father Menzi Mchunu’s funeral, but a spelling error in his clapback only made things worse.
It all began after Twitter was abuzz about Connie Ferguson’s composure and her farewell message to late husband Shona Ferguson at his funeral on Wednesday.
Shona died at 47 last week from Covid-19 complications.
In a post, one tweep compared Lasizwe breaking down and crying at his father’s funeral last year to Ferguson’s composure while burying the love of her life.
The tweep said Ferguson should be respected because unlike Lasizwe, she did not turn her heartbreak into a “content-making opportunity”.
Catching wind of the tweet, Lasizwe clapped back by saying that people expressed their grief in different ways.
“We moan differently,” he wrote, his typo not earning him any credit.
The reality TV star obviously meant “mourn” but that did not stop tweeps from starting conversations under his tweet, first about the spelling error and then about his supposed attention-seeking traits.
Some defended him but many were quick to point out his spelling mistake, with the point of the post flying over most people’s heads.
Responding to the criticisms, the The Fake It ‘Til You Make It star said English was not his first language and so he was bound to make a mistake.
“English is not my mother tongue, I meant ‘mourn’ not ‘Moan’, ay!” Lasizwe clapped back.
Siblings Khanyi Mbau and Lasizwe mourned the loss of their father, Menzi Mcunu, in September last year.
They had share how devastated they were at the loss on social media.
“My last alive parent, my dad, has passed on. I am numb and confused! I am shattered!” Lasizwe had captioned a picture of himself and his father in happier times.
“First my mom, now my dad,” he had written.
“I don’t know how to feel, how does one say, ‘my parents are deceased’, like I don’t have parents any more. ”—