Lion Kings

A certain comedian we all used to love came under fire this week for a cheating scandal. The thing is this man dipped out of one relationship and went into another – and mind you, he cheated on his ex-wife with her, and then he got married again.

They were all happy, smiling and whatnot on Snapchat – I mean couple goals, right?

This wife, whom said comedian called ‘my rib’, happily took in his children as her own. Awww, so sweet. He has everything: Money, fame, a loving family… It was all ‘every day is my birthday’ vibes until he ruined everything by sleeping with some random woman in a hotel room.

TMZ leaked the footage earlier this week, by the way. Mind you, rumours of his cheating behaviour came out two months ago when he was spotted in a car with another woman.

It was roundabout the same time another famous celeb known for confessions was in the news for giving a woman a sexually transmitted disease. Let it burn, indeed.

While that case was dismissed, a recent Instagram post by the comedian showed how apologetic he was to his children and to his family.

His wife is pregnant, by the way, and that makes the situation worse. Remember, this is the same man who made an entire show about how guilty he was for cheating in his previous marriage, and how his life is going to change, he’s going to be better, blah blah blah.

According to the tabloids, the woman with whom the comedian cheated tried extorting him for of millions of dollars – because her only goal at the end of the day was the money. She admitted that and allegedly set up the video in the first place. His excuse when the story blew up? It was a “bad error of judgement”.

Can he explains what that means – 50 marks? It was a bad error of judgement to have your arms around a woman because she makes you laugh? It was a bad error of judgement walking into a hotel room, knowing full well that both of you were going to take your clothes off? It was a bad error of judgement? Eto.

So now that automatically excuses your cheating? Ekskuus?

Speaking of cheating excuses, let’s laugh together at a couple you may have heard of before:

I was drunk. You realise that when you’re drunk, it brings out your innermost personality, right? Which basically translates to: When you’re sober, you love me, but when you’re drunk, you don’t care. Nah.

This marriage is not working anyway. So if we’re having problems in our marriage, your automatic response is to find comfort in someone else’s bed? Are all the solutions there or did I miss something?

I don’t know how it happened. Psshh, yes you do. I mean, if you’re going to lie, at least do it properly. Must I hand you the receipts? Am I supposed to explain how you told everyone that you were going on a business trip, but ended up at another woman’s house? Is that how it goes?

The other person wanted me, I didn’t do anything. You basically said ‘yes, let’s cheat’, so you did things, fam. You did them all.

You made me do this. Typical when it comes to the blame game. So everything I do kamma doesn’t appease you any more, so the logical thing to do is soak your manhood in another woman’s fluids? Wow. Just wooooow.

I just wasn’t sure you were the one yet. Now I realise it. Unbelievable. It had to take cheating to test my loyalty? Boy, get out of my face.

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