'Rhythm City's Bra Kop Trends With Thai Massage Picture, Netizens Concerned: “Mara Why, This Looks Painful”

'Rhythm City's Bra Kop Trends With Thai Massage Picture, Netizens Concerned: “Mara Why, This Looks Painful”

  • Actor Setlhabi Taunyane surprised social media when pictures of his Thai massage went viral
  • Though some people were concerned, the Rhythm City star was recently captured on video by taxi passengers as he entertained them with dance
  • Netizens have since created memes of the funny man, reacting to the images that captured him looking like he was in pain

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Setlhabi Taunyane on 'Rhythm City' set playing Bra Kop's character and dancing for taxi passengers.
Bra Kop showed proof of life by dancing for his fellow taxi passengers after his Thai massage picture went viral. Images: @etvHouseOfZwide, @Zikamnyamane, @joy_zelda
Source: Twitter

Rhythm City fans are shocked to see the honourable Bra Kop, played by Setlhabi Taunyane, trending for being out of character.

Bra Kop's Thai massage pictures go viral

Entertainment commentator Jabulani Macdonald posted a picture of the actor being stretched by a Thai massage practitioner. The Asian practice includes compression and passive stretching.

Macdonald posted the picture with a confused caption that said :

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"Nna I am worried about Bra Kop, what is this?"

Check out Bra Kop's stretching in this tweet:

Tweeps concerned for Bra Kop after massage

The picture and video got people on Twitter amused and entertained. Some used his Thai massage picture as a meme:

@Mnkateko247 said:

"Mara why, this looks painful?"

@LoveAndAmapiano was floored:

"There are people who are so funny without even trying."

@Rankoko99 was confused:

"TF is this kante isn't he on some retirement somewhere resting, not being exploited like this. Wonder whose idea was it. Broer looks strained."

@Kelevra_bd69 felt his pain:

"Looks like some intense interrogation techniques to get the truth out of Bra Kop!"

Bra Kop jives for passengers in a taxi

It wasn't long till another viral video of the actor surfaced. He was recorded dancing up a storm in a taxi full of passengers.

Twitter user @Mpumiln posted the video and captioned it with an update for worried fans:

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"He is ok. Bra Kop is ok."

Fans happy to see Bra Kop after his Thai massage

Tweeps hilariously expressed their gratitude for the much-needed stretching massage:

@SithaleKgaogelo was satisfied:

"This man is really enjoying life."

@Ladyziyanda laughed:

"As he should phela after that stretch."

@Calvin_Thembz said:

"He's more flexible now, thanks to the Thai massage."

@Sizophila_Xhoko was relieved:

"Asbonga. Besi worried."

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Molebogeng Seemela (Entertainment Editor) Molebogeng Seemela is a journalist and a current affairs reporter for Briefly News (joined in 2023) with over 10 years of experience. She obtained her National Diploma in 2013, and Bachelor of Technology in 2014 at TUT, majoring in Editorial Management. Specialist Reporting: Print, Features and Reviews; Advanced Reporting; and Advanced Editing and Design for Print. She has been a freelance journalist for several years but cemented her place as a reporter with the SABC, and Cosmopolitan SA.