“I had no plans after leaving OPW,” Says Thembisa Mdoda! Despite being a fan favorite on the show, Thembisa Mdoda voluntarily left her hosting gig on OPW and it turns it wasn’t because a new gig.
The actress recently revealed that she didn’t have a plan upon leaving the show but was hopeful she would get booked.
“I had no plans after leaving OPW. I had faith that, because I have a Dramatic Arts degree from Wits, surely I was going to act somewhere. During the wedding show, I switched managers and got signed under Owen S Management. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. They became my plan going forward,” she said.
“I told Owen S that I wanted to act, and they took care of it. The beautiful thing is once I jumped that ship, everyone approached me, saying they’d been waiting for me all along. It was understandable because I was only available two to three times a week while shooting OPW because it took up most of my time. It’s always good to leave a place on good terms; I’d done what I came to do as a person, artist and presenter.
“When I started on the show I hoped I would take it higher than it was. I really hoped I would turn it around and make it something people were excited to watch and where there was no laughing at people and make weddings a spectacular event. I did say that once I ticked all those boxes that I’d set up for myself, when I started the show, then I’d be done.”
