The Herald (South Africa)

Bonang should not have taken this contract, says Somizi

- Joy Mphande

Somizi Mhlongo has weighed in on Bonang Matheba’s feature on Netflix’s Young Famous & African season two.

The media personalit­y was seemingly unimpresse­d with the way Matheba conducted herself on the show, saying it painted her in a bad light.

In the show, viewers saw Matheba lash out at Luis for comments he directed towards Fontana about his fling with Diamond. The media personalit­y then yells at Luis for being “misogynist­ic”.

That’s where the “I f***ed the biggest stars in Africa” outburst from Matheba that went viral came from.

Mhlongo went on Instagram live recently to react to the scenes on the show, saying she was rude and not cognisant of the impact her words could have on her career.

“I felt that she overreacte­d in the scene with Luis,” he said.

“She was rude to Luis and he was a gentleman.

“She and Swanky really reached; they tried to make something out of nothing. It had to do with her and the production house but not the people in the show.

“Bonang is too smart to leave for something stupid like that. She is very smart and business-minded.

“I’ve known Bonang for the longest time — she would never leave because of someone else. Most of the time she leaves because there were contractua­l obligation­s that were not met or clashes or things did not go the way she wanted in terms of the production.

“Now they make Khanyi look like she is a villain.

“There is a part of me when I was watching that scene, I was like, I don’t think Bonang should have taken this contract. But I get why she would take it because that gives you access to a new audience.

“I thought Bonang is smarter than that in terms of what to do, what to say and what not to say on TV. I think her emotions got the better of her. ”—

 ?? ?? BOLD REACTION: Somizi Mhlongo reacts to Bonang Matheba’s debut on ‘Young Famous & African’
BOLD REACTION: Somizi Mhlongo reacts to Bonang Matheba’s debut on ‘Young Famous & African’

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