Actor Dumisani Dlamini has come under fire once again for being a “fake dad”.
In a now deleted post, the Yizo Yizo star congratulated his estranged daughter Doja Cat for winning a Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside singer SZA. Doja Cat won for her hit Kiss Me More last week.
“Just wanted to thank everyone who supported my child Zandile, God bless you all,” wrote Dlamini.
But social media users, including Lesego Tlhabi, were not impressed, calling him a deadbeat father who just wanted to benefit or to steal her shine.
Doja Cat, real name Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, has never had a relationship with her father, and has been vocal about it. She had told this to veteran US actress Whoopi Goldberg, who worked with her father on Sarafina, a Mbongeni Ngema’s musical that wowed fans across the world.
See social media reactions below:
You can tell this is uncomfortable and maybe triggering for her. https://t.co/wuml9Tvjx4
— B (@Basetsana__M) April 5, 2022
Didn’t she publicly speak about how she doesn’t know him and he hasn’t done anything for or with her since birth? Omw he’s so embarrassing ???????? https://t.co/s5WnzBwDOA
— Lesego Tlhabi (@LesegoTlhabi) April 5, 2022
Dumisani Deadbeat Dad Dlamini really had the audacity to congratulate Doja Cat on winning her first Grammy.
— My name isn’t Luwanda (@lulzin_) April 5, 2022
Why are y’all clowning and bashing Dumisani for posting his daughter? Is it because it’s him…a typical guy from the hood or because Doja Cat grew up without him in another country and therefore shouldn’t be proud of her or claim her?
— MQ Mhlanzi (@MQMhlanzi) April 5, 2022
Dumisani Dlamini’s leech black taxing deadbeat fathers side of the behavior is keeping DOJA CAT off of South African shores.
— EASTSIDE LOUW (@eastsidelouw) April 5, 2022
South Africans have everything right to claim Doja Cat as (half) our own but that dead beat Dumisani Dlamini has no right to.
I will not elaborate but this is just what it is.
— Nonhle 🐝💕✈️🧘🏾♀️☀️🙏🏾🥰 (@NonhleBeryl) April 5, 2022
The artist formerly known as Dumisani Dlamini now just prefers to be called 'Doja Cat's father'😂😂😭 😭
— Nombuso Zondi (@nomfacey) April 5, 2022
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