Kelly Khumalo, a South African singer, actress, and dancer, is trending once again for all the wrong reasons. The star has been blamed for using the ongoing Senzo Meyiwa trial to market her reality television show life With Kelly Khumalo.
She caught the attention of all social media users when she dropped the trailer of her most anticipated reality show, “Life With Kelly Khumalo”.
The new season, which is the third season, will launch on July 5, with the new episodes dropping every Tuesday.
Season three promises to show Khumalo at her most genuine. She captioned her Instagram post with this season’s tagline: “Y’all gon know about me”.
However, all the Twitter users seem to be unimpressed by the timing of the video. Many accused the star of trying to monetise Senzo Meyiwa’s death.
@Kgothat94869068 said:
No Kelly, I dont think they hate that fact. They hate the fact that 8 years later you still don't want to tell the truth more so because he's your daughter's father.
— AnAllSeasonFlower (@LadyWhoIsBlack) June 6, 2022
“She should’ve addressed the situation years ago, but she refused; now that she’s in trouble, she wants to quickly clear her name by following in her friend’s footsteps. Since the first season, she’s been saying the same thing “people want me guilty”.
@Sgoloza_Esmehlo added:
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“She’s undergoing a trial that bloody show needs to be paused!”
In April, Netflix released a true-crime documentary series about the footballer’s death, “Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star“.
“They hate the fact that I am the one who did not die that day,” the singer tells her friend Brenda Mtambo.
Despite the ongoing conspiracy theories, her career is at an all-time high.
Her South African Music Awards (Sama) nominated album “The Voice of Africa” went gold, and the All Africa Music Awards (Afrima) nominated “Empini” became the biggest hit of her career and went quadruple platinum, “Esphambanweni” went double platinum and “Ngathwala Ngaye” went platinum.
This season Khumalo will be spilling the tea on Senzo’s family, Jub-Jub’s Mother’s Day posts on social media, and cancelling culture.
Viewers will also see her continue with her therapy, parent Christian and Thingo and work on her relationships with her mother Ntombi and sister Zandi.