Cape Town - Musician Khaya Mthethwa has opened up to his fans about the pressures of fame.
The singer took to Twitter to get real about the high expectations that come with his celebrity status. In a series of tweets, that got some fans worried, the muso wrote about the pressures of being in the limelight.
"Sometimes I wish I could unfamous myself so I’m not under pressure to look successful! I want real success not the lookalike!" he tweeted.
Sometimes I wish I could unfamous myself so I’m not under pressure to look successful! I want real success not the lookalike!
— Khaya Mthethwa (@khayamthethwa) June 14, 2019
"Nothing has come easy for me! I know being broke, I know having money, I know trying so hard to be famous, but now I recognize bloody hard work!" he wrote.
Nothing has come easy for me! I know being broke, i know having money, I know trying so hard to be famous, but now I recognize bloody hard work!
— Khaya Mthethwa (@khayamthethwa) June 14, 2019
"Being real scares people! Why?" he continued.
Being real scares people! Why?
— Khaya Mthethwa (@khayamthethwa) June 14, 2019
"Very few people get to be Rich and famous! Some of us have to forget fame so we can pursue success! Black child forget fame it’s a GAME!"
Very few people get to be Rich and famous! Some of us have to forget fame so we can pursue success! Black child forget fame it’s a GAME!
— Khaya Mthethwa (@khayamthethwa) June 14, 2019
"It hurts Me to see public figures take their lives cause of how their actual lives have similar challenges to normal people around them - I guess it’s hard for us to reconcile how we are expected to be and who we really are in reality!"
It hurts Me to see public figures take their lives cause of how their actual lives have similar challenges to normal people around them - I guess it’s hard for us to reconcile how we are expected to be and who we really are in reality! ??
— Khaya Mthethwa (@khayamthethwa) June 14, 2019
His fans responded kindly to him with some even encouraging him.
This is the reason why i dont treat “famous people” any different than i treat a normal person. We put celebs on a pedestal, making them holier than thou, seeing them as rich, special etc. and all that pressure and living up to that standard for them is sometimes alot.
— TDK ?? (@_thandeka_22) June 14, 2019
A sad reality of being gifted Bro
— Gift Kaputula ???? (@Gift_Kaputula) June 14, 2019
Reminded me of this... pic.twitter.com/7LeDgpdL4d
— Kealeboga Mothobi ?? (@Picanto_m) June 14, 2019
Internal conflicts my brother that play them selves out in our daily living are the worst yet hardly addressed .....
— Ndu?? (@Ndu18391788) June 14, 2019
