Cape Town - Local stars took to Twitter to share their views on the True Love cover controversy.
Twitter went into overdrive on Monday when fans pointed out that Lerato Kganyago's cover shot on the June issue of the mag looked heavily Photoshopped. (Read the full story here.)
By Monday afternoon more than 41 000 tweets had been sent out about the topic.
Everyone had something to say including the celebs themselves.
See their tweets here:
1. Professional photographer, Anele Papu pointed out the importance of high production quality.
It's all in the production. If the production is terrible you'll spend so much time in post trying to recover images
— Anele Papu (@AnelePapu) May 23, 2016
2. Nomzamo emphasised how Lerato’s very personal message has been overlooked because of all the negativity.
2. What makes the situation so devastating is the story that the cover star chose to share, being overshadowed by all the noise.
— Nomzamo (@NomzamoMbatha) May 23, 2016
3. Bonang shared the same sentiment.
...1- I'm so livid!! @leratokganyango poured her heart about the most delicate part of her life...
— Bonang B* Matheba (@bonang_m) May 23, 2016
4. Khanya Mkgangiso expressed her admiration for how women have come together to raise awareness about the bigger picture.
Don't you just love it when women stand together and support one another? ??????
— Khanya Mkangisa (@KhanyaMkangisa) May 23, 2016
5. Nadia Nakai expressed her disappoinment in the magazine.
I'm so shocked at what True Love did today... I can't believe they thought that was the best move for them to make... WOW! #Pathetic
— AfricanRapQueen (@Nadia_nakai) May 23, 2016
6. Thando Thabethe told Lerato how beautiful she is.
What a HORRIBLE thing!!! You are BEAUTIFUL @leratokganyago... !!!
— Thando Thabooty (@Thando_Thabethe) May 23, 2016
7. And so did Terry Pheto. Amen!
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL @leratokganyago
— Terry Pheto (@TerryPheto) May 23, 2016
8. Phumzile Van Damme raised some important issues about the beauty standards imposed on woman.
Super proud of @leratokganyago for taking a stand & fighting for how she wants to be presented as a woman. ????????????
— Phumzile Van Damme (@zilevandamme) May 23, 2016
9. Simphiwe Dana also raised some important issues.
Many black mags aren't courteous to black women.
— Firebrand (@simphiwedana) May 23, 2016
See True Love's response to the controversy here.
*The Juice is part of Media24, a subsidiary of Naspers, who also publishes True Love.