The last few weeks have given us the oddest celebrity beef yet: between Babes Wodumo and Makhadzi, and now the Zwivhuya star has put the final nail in Babes’ coffin.
Babes first went on a rant live on Instagram, in which she insulted her mother-in-law and cursed her with every word in the book. Then she turned to Makhadzi, called her smelly, said she does not bathe, and said that Makhadzi was after her husband, Mampintsha Shimora.
All of this, Makhadzi let slide, and all of Mzansi chalked it up to Babes having a mental episode of some sort. Everybody assumed that was the end of it and moved on.
But it wasn’t long until Babes returned with the second episode of the saga. This time, she directly accused Makhadzi of sleeping with Mampintsha, and asked her to stay away from him.
Makhadzi did not let the second affront go unanswered. She recently went on Twitter with a response that dragged both Babes and her man. She implied that she would never even be interested in Mampintsha, and said Babes should stop trying to use her name to trend.
She further said it was embarrassing that her man would see her trending for another man, especially one she was not even affiliated with. With that, she concluded saying that she had forgiven Babes, and would be getting back to work and other important things. But it seems the incident struck a deeper chord than she thought, because she has returned with more.
In a video that has been circulating online, Makhadzi gives her side of the story. She says that she met Mampintsha in the studio when she went to work. She said it was her management that organised for her to go to his studio, and it wasn’t even her own idea.
On getting to the studio, Babes allegedly tried to stop her from recording with Mampintsha. Babes felt like she was the one who discovered Makhadzi, so the latter should record with her rather than with her man.
When she stepped out of the studio, Mampintsha allegedly followed her, which she could not control. It is not her fault that he followed her, she said, and that it is not her job to control who looks at her.
She further said she doesn't even have his number, and would not respond if he contacted her. She went to the studio purely to work, and was interested in nothing else.
She exposed Babes for fighting with her man in front of her and her management team, and asked the Gqom singer to sort out her marital issues herself. “I respect myself and I don’t go around sleeping with people’s men. Don’t tarnish my name about stupid things,” she finished.
She exposed Babes for fighting with her man in front of her and her management team, and asked the Gqom singer to sort out her marital issues herself. “I respect myself and I don’t go around sleeping with people’s men. Don’t tarnish my name about stupid things,” she finished.
It may be worth noting that although the saga has been going on for a while now, Mampintsha has remained silent through it all. At this point, it has turned into a back-and-forth between the two singers, while the man of the hour stays mum.
Perhaps it is time for Mampintsha to give his side of the story, seeing as he is at the centre of it all.