Cousins no more: the juicy details behind Tebogo 'Pinky Girl' Mekgwe and Bonang Matheba's rift
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Bonang Matheba and Tebogo "Pinky Girl" Mekgwe, the cousin duo that everyone loved to see on their screens before they had their public fallout.
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Reality TV star Tebogo “Pinky Girl” Mekgwe revealed the reason behind her public fall-out with her media powerhouse cousin, Bonang Matheba, in a recent interview.
Mekgwe was introduced as Matheba’s cousin on “Being Bonang” and their close relationship was seen on the reality show until they had a public fall-out in 2023.
Matheba took to X to say that she wants a new PA to join their team and threw shade at Mekgwe, saying, “Missing out on trips around the world because you’re unvaccinated. Ridiculous.”
Mekgwe replied to her on her timeline and said, “That’s just being shallow ... from being dragged, unfollowed and blocked for no reason while I’m pushing the love.”
In a follow-up tweet said that she is vaccinated and she is simply not going anywhere.
The cousins threw jabs at each other online. Mekgwe was dropped from the reality show, which sparked online speculations with fans wanting to know what happened between the duo.
However, the model and DJ explained that the fall-out between them was not that deep as the public made it seem to be.
She appeared on the “Reason TV” podcast, and the host, Troy Malenge, asked her to explain what happened between her and Matheba.
She simply answered, “Yooh, nothing happened, you know. I went through a lot of emotions in 2023.“
She further added that as people, we grow and we have different responsibilities, and you do not have to force friendships and relationships and also losing her dad impacted her emotionally.
“Everybody has different responsibilities. You cannot expect people to check up on you, we all have our lives, we all have different responsibilities,” she said.
Mekgwe also explained that their fall-out happened due to lack of communication between the two of them and addressed the visa issue that was televised when Matheba was saying in her confessionals that they are leaving Mekgwe because she does not have a visa to go to France with them.
“We were going to France, but there wasn’t any communication that we were going to France.
“You cannot just make a visa now, you just have to communicate that ‘Pinky, I think next week we are going to France, so apply for a visa,” she said