Lerato Kganyago Seemingly Ignores Controversial Miss SA Finalist Chidimma Adetshina in Viral Video

Lerato Kganyago Seemingly Ignores Controversial Miss SA Finalist Chidimma Adetshina in Viral Video

  • Lerato Kganyago trended after a video showed her seemingly ignoring Chidimma Adetshina at the Miss SA event, which went viral on social media
  • Lerato's snub comes shortly after she apologised for previously supporting the controversial Miss SA finalist, Chidimma
  • SA defended Lerato, arguing she was justified in ignoring Chidimma due to her focus on judging and the need to maintain professionalism during the live event

A video of Lerato Kganyago seemingly giving Chidimma Adetshina a cold shoulder has gone viral on social media. The clip comes after Lerato apologises for supporting the controversial Miss SA finalist.

Lerato Kganyago ignores Chidimma
Lerato Kganyago seemingly gave Chidimma Adetshina a cold shoulder. Image: @leratokganyago and @chichi_vanessa
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Lerato Kganyago snubs Chidimma Adetshina

Media personality Lerato Kganyago is charting social media trends after she seemingly ignored Chidimma Adetshina in a controversial video.

The video shared on the microblogging platform X, formerly Twitter, by a user with the handle @Ntando_mos shows the lady, believed to be Chichi, approaching LKG, who was on the judges' panel at the Miss SA event on Saturday. Chichi waved at Lerato, and Lerato snubbed her.

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Fans defend Lerato Kganyago for ignoring Chichi

Social media users felt Lerato Kganyago was justified for ignoring Chidimma Adetshina at the Miss SA event. Some said the veteran TV and radio personality is keeping her distance from Chichi after her Miss SA saga. Others added that Lerato was busy at the event and Chichi failed to read the room.

@Merc_05 said:

"That looks like Chichi, and it would make sense why she would not want to entertain her publicly."

@SiyaMhlobiso added:

"Lerato is at work, bad timing by Chidimma 😀"

@gwexe_bongani commented:

"People don't understand the amount of focus that is needed before a big event."

@Ultimatelights3 wrote:

"But how do u walk up to a very busy judge? She is obviously delegating with her fellow judge. She is at work..... working & being professional."

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@WGrandkid added:

"Girl’s wrong. She knows this is a live show and Lerato is working."

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.