Zodwa Wabantu called out for Homophobic Comments #zodwauncensored

Over the past two years, Zodwa Wabantu has been positioned as one of the most accepting and non-judgemental celebrities in all of Africa because of her carefree attitude and during her time in the limelight, she has been known for embracing the LGBTI community.

In 2017, the dancer bagged the Drama Queen of the Year Feather Award at the annual Feathers – an award show that recognizes and celebrates the LGBTI community and media personalities and achievers who inspire the LGBTI community.

All along, her many gay supporters thought she was an ally, however, on last nights episode of Zodwa Uncensored, the reality star raised a lot of eyebrows when she seemingly made a homophobic comment.

The star who has a large gay following disappointed many of her fans when she made a comment about gay people being ‘sly’ on her Moja Love reality show.

Take a look at the video below:

Ehhh Zodwa. The homophobia jumped out. #ZodwaUncensored pic.twitter.com/W3CxrLsDH4

— P.M. (@Passeks) July 6, 2019

Upon seeing the video, many of her fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment. Take a look at some of the comments below:

SA gays will find ways to excuse or rationalise their favorite female celebrities’ homophobia

You’d happily hate or trash another gay man to appease yr fave celebs. SA black gays value being validated by heteros thats why Zodwa believes you only exist by their permission.

— Phil Mphela (@PhilMphela) July 6, 2019

Those who say Zodwa made a mistake should listen to her reasoning. Zodwa is homophobic even how she articulated her point . She tolerates gays she has not accepted them and thinks they act that way . #ZodwaUcensored #ZodwaWabantu . She accessorize her gay friends pic.twitter.com/7D0yJJqi2F

— #PositiveFarmHer (@pozcandy) July 7, 2019

Zodwa showed how a homophobe remains a homophobe even after befriending a gay individual. You cross them,the homophobia jumps,and often seeps out mid innocuous exchange. They learn nothing,as long they have their accessory, all’s good.

— (@TALLCHIHUAHUA) July 7, 2019

Zodwa is not the first starlet to get called out for homophobia. In 2018, Nadia Nakai was under fire after her old homophobic tweets resurfaced. After a social media firestorm, the Family Tree rapper took to Twitter to publicly apologise for the comments she made in 2010:

“Hai guys pulling tweets from 2010? I was childish cos I was a child!! I’m sorry if they offended you. It just further shows how people on these twitter streets don’t know me and my heart.

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