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Home » Viral » Pearl Thusi breaks down on ‘Behind The Story’

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Pearl Thusi breaks down on ‘Behind The Story’

Pearl Thusi never gets a break and this time, her cries about the hate she's received for her appearance were taken as tone-deaf and ill-timed.

Avuya Walters by Avuya Walters
Nov 3, 2020
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The much-anticipated episode of BET’s Behind The Story with Pearl Thusi, featuring Khanyi Mbau, aired on TV last night and the viral moment came when the host broke down into tears.

BET airs controversial Behind The Story episode with Khanyi Mbau

It’s well documented that Thusi is not everyone’s favourite celebrity. From the things she has said that were taken out of context, to comments made about her natural-born physical appearance, it is not farfetched to suggest that she has taken her fair share of battering on social media.

The actress and TV host sat down with Mbau for a tell-all about the controversial star whose rise to stardom — in a way — mimicked that of Kim Kardashian.

You will remember that Thusi was lambasted by her hate train for her perceived insensitive attitude towards the death of Mbau’s father.

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Thusi commented, “hectic” beneath Mbau’s post that shared the unfortunate news. Most people felt that the comment was tone-deaf and lacked empathy.

However, Thusi explained that she and Mbau had already shared a moment on the episode of Behind The Story which aired on Wednesday evening.

Watch: Pearl Thusi breaks out into tears on TV

What was not revealed, however, was the part of the interview that touched on colourism. The subject came in the part of Mbau’s story that dealt with her attitude towards skin bleaching.

Things quickly turned to the privileges of light-skinned talents in an industry that champions appearance over skillsets and that’s what triggered Thusi into tears.

The 32-year-old could not contain her emotions as she stared right into the camera to address her detractors.

Here’s the clip that’s gone viral where Thusi speaks out about the hatred she’s received for being a talented light-skinned actress.

What a tricky setup…imagine denying the privileges that come with being light skinned in the entertainment industry to someone who lightened their skin for those very privileges. https://t.co/B1RsdnoufY

— Noxolo Madonsela (@Noxxcee) October 15, 2020

As usual, some found this to be an inopportune moment to speak out about her personal grievances with nay-sayers since, coincidentally, Mbau was a firm advocate of skin-lightening.

Here are some of the reactions we picked out from social media:

What pearl dis is absolutely unprofessional tbh. As a host you can’t hijack someone’s episode like that.

— MaSkhosana (@MsManager_) October 15, 2020

I really thought Pearl Thusi was being interviewed but the fact that she was the one interviewing Khanyi Mbau makes it even worse. Khanyi Mbau has lightened her skin as a direct result of colourism and Pearl decided that would be the moment to play victim?

— naledi (@naledimashishi) October 15, 2020

As soon as Pearl realizes the conversation is about the industry that promotes colourism AND NOT HER SPECIFICALLY then she’ll maybe be more open to what people are actually saying. Colourism doesn’t stop working in your favour because you work hard or because you don’t want it.

— Lesego Tlhabi (@LesegoTlhabi) October 15, 2020

How do you bring a guest onto your show and then you cry about your own made up injustices.. Pearl Thusi hit Super Karen 3 boy ??

— Tonki (@KeKatli) October 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/hecticdude/status/1316635197006376961?s=20

At the time of publishing this article, Thusi had not issued a response to the backlash she’s received.

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