Don’t get me wrong, RGB may not offer the same raw and nude
pleasure that Headline does, but it’s fun in a different and unique way, it
allows you to sit back and lazily judge the South African Celebrities and their
bedroom affairs. Each episode offers and coughs a delightful chance to be
updated about celebrity lifestyle and gossip based mostly on facts as they
capture these stories on visuals, unlike the girl next-door who gossips to get
a plate of food. Part of the thrill of the show is watching how the presenters
blend and pass the ball within each other; unlike other SA presenters whom we
all know have no order of presenting live or even pre-recorded TV shows. It’s
even more enjoyable when Joe play around with his big and sexy lips, I miss the
moments when they used to do Brenda’s make up bad. Only to make it look good
after a few tweets. I wonder how they will cope with Somizi’s already painted
face…
It’s not like South African celebrities are awful or particularly
bloody annoying like Nonhle Thema and Khanyi Mbau. In fact, most of them seem
like totally decent, reasonable, and likable like the Bala Brothers, Bonang
Matheba and S’khululo Maliwa (Lulo Café). After watching few episodes, oh no,
why would I care about my own gossip and poor grapevine at work, streets and in
public transports? Why would I care about the aforesaid while RGB is offering
me the best celebrity gossip and nonsense? You start to find out that some of
these well-known are doing things that are plain ridiculous. And it turns out
that these things are so damn irritating because they hit on bad examples that
as we talk are destroying the kids of our country and most importantly ruining
the emotions of a kid who once saw a role model in Nonhle Thema.
I personally love the show, and yes for a fact that I can
differentiate between gossip, opinion and facts. Nor that they can’t, please
don’t get me twisted like lemon twist. It’s really not the worst or waste of
your pleasure time to watch the show. After all, they call it Real Goboza for a
reason! That you are supposed to interact with them via email and or not
limited to twitter and Facebook, they make your gossip collecting life an
easier one. They can alert you if a certain celebrity did junk and wet on their
bed as well what went on at the party hosted by some clever-stupid celebrities
at Hush Club Rosebank Johannesburg. The way they bring celebrity gossip is like
they can tell the Police that they saw you killing that old wrinkled woman next-door
with a walking stick, but can’t get enough hitting it with young boys at the
neighbourhood.
Well. So there you have it. If you were to believe RGB,
South African celebrities are pretty much whacking jobs and to such an extent
can’t even maintain a long lasting career and a fat bank account like overseas
celebrities. We are a nation of people who are about loving each other in
theory, who always blame the history of our country, who do not wanna support
and live near each other in times of trial. Who cares if a celebrity is
successful? Oh, everyone all of a sudden now cares because there are
speculations that Bonang and Minenhle don’t get pretty much along.
So why our celebrities are out of control when it comes to
the fact that the pedestal we set them is too high and hot to handle? It could
be we don’t give them support, but we are selfish and evil. Why can’t we give
them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they mean well or they really
need to go to rehab and get some wholesome help, of course those who can admit
that they are/were in drugs like Ishmael who once sang “Avulekile Amasango
Ezulu”, only to find out he almost used that opportunity to himself by using
drugs. After all, they each have the best intentions for their own families;
it’s just when you add up all their individual decision that things go to shit.
Either way, it doesn’t really matter. They are who they are; we are who we are,
so how do we get things that are messy right?
I am not so damn sure, but I think if we start watching RGB
less as entertainment and more as a kind of cautionary tale about what not to
do, maybe we’ll all be smarter before we put boring judgements on other people.
We must let RGB teach us to know how different a fact from a stupid unfounded
opinion about someone and learn to live with good gossip (if there’s ever any
good gossip). If all fails, at least
we’ll know what happened and start to seek professional help to assist that
particular celebrity without embracing their downfall as if we got a job in the
Fourth Estate (Parliament) and we only care about messing around with state
funds. Now I support the fact that Parliament must move to Pretoria to cut
travelling costs…
Ma-Brrr uhambe kabi sisi wam… Hay’ kabi awuthi ngiphuze
ijuba!
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