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TIMELINE: Bonang and Somizi's friendship over the years

Cape Town - Now they got bad blood... We take a look back at Bonang and Somizi's friendship throughout the years.

On Wednesday we finally found out why former BFF's Somizi Mhlongo and Bonang Matheba's five year friendship came to an end. 

On his new reality show, Living the dream with Somizi, we learned that Bonang was under the impression that Somizi outed her affair with AKA to Zinhle. She immediately unfollowed him on social media and cut him out of her life. - Gasp!

The two were #FriendshipGoals for the longest time. In memory, let's take it right back to where it all began. 

JANUARY 2011: STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM

Somizi and Bonang had a blast at the 2011 J&B Met held at the Kenilworth Race course in Cape Town. Can we have a moment of silence for that purple dress. #RIP

JULY 2012: YOU KNOW IT USED TO BE MAD LOVE

Somizi gave his favourite girl some serious love on Twitter. All together now, "aaawww!"

FEBRUARY 2013: FLYING HIGH

How can we forget? The former besties arrived at the 2013 J&B Met by helicopter.

AUGUST 2013: MORE TWITTER LOVE

FEBRUARY 2014: BONANG'S LINGERIE LAUNCH

Somizi supported Bonang at the launch of her lingerie range, 'Bonang for Distraction.' A happier time. 

They also attend the J&B Met together. Of course!

JUNE 2015: SOMIZI GIVES BONANG A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUT

Somizi sent Bonang the most beautiful birthday message on VUZU, OK Mzansi reported. "Bonang, you're 28 and I'm much older than you, but you inspire me so much." 

His most memorable was a trip he took to Nigeria with Bonang for New Years Eve. "When we decided on the spot that we didn't want to be in Joburg, let's go to Nigeria on the 31st. We flew, arrived at 10PM, we had a blast and came back a week later."

JULY 2015: BONANG'S 28TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Bonang and Somizi celebrated her 28th birthday at Taboo nightclub. Here they are looking super fierce. 

SEPTEMBER 2015: NO MORE SELFIES ON INSTAGRAM

The last picture available on Instagram of the two together was at a party on 26 September at The Venue, Avondale.

NOVEMBER 2015: SOMIZI AND BONANG ATTEND THE H&M LAUNCH

The former best friends attended the H&M store launch in Sandton together. But Bonang has since deleted the pictures from her Instagram. The scandal!

JUNE 2016: SOMIZI SPILLS THE BEANS

Somizi dropped all the juicy details about how his five year long friendship with Bonang finally came to an end on his new reality show, Living the dream with Somizi on Thursday. 

"What I hear is that she thinks or she was told that I told Zinhle about her relationship with AKA. But why? Why would I do that to her? I want the three of them, Zinhle, AKA and Bonang, to sit down and tell me who said that I said what. I'm too old for this shit. People come in your life and leave for a reason."

Ouch. That's got to hurt.

The ex-best friends will once again reunite at the Samas this weekend, where Somizi will host the event on stage and Bonang will cover the red-carpet. Maybe, they'll kiss and make up? 

(Photos: Gallo)

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