‘It Bothers Me At Times,’ Bahumi On Living In Her Father Somizi’s Shadow

‘It Bothers Me At Times,’ Bahumi On Living In Her Father Somizi’s Shadow! Bahumi Madisakwane has been making headlines lately thanks to her role as young Lebo on the BET Africa’s first biopic, Dream: The Lebo Mathosa Story.

Having grown up in entertainment with her father being Somizi, a media extraordinaire with a career spanning over two decades, her mother Palesa Madisakwane an accomplished actress and TV personality and her grandparents being industry legends, Bahumi is now ready to pave her own path and make a name for herself in the same industry her family dominated.

In a recent interview with DRUM Magazine, the actress shared how the criticism that comes from people thinking she gets roles because of her famous parents sometimes do get to her despite great support from her family.

“I’ve always been a topic of discussion since I was born, and as much as I have learnt to ignore the haters, it bothers me at times. Since I was a child people spoke about me being Somizi Mhlongo and Palesa’s child. People spoke about my dad being gay. There was criticism when my dad got married,” she told the publication.

The 24 year old says she has however learnt block all the noise and stay focused.