Adrienne Bailon-Houghton Celebrates Life in South Africa While Filming Cheetah Girls Next Gen
- Adrienne Bailon-Houghton shared a carousel post on Instagram on 8 September 2026 celebrating life in South Africa
- The actress is in Mzansi filming Disney's highly anticipated Cheetah Girls: Next Gen and has been soaking up the culture
- South Africans flooded her comments after her previous post, and Bailon-Houghton clapped back in the most playful way
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Adrienne Bailon-Houghton is clearly having the time of her life in South Africa, and Mzansi is eating it all up. The American actress posted a new Instagram carousel on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, captioned "Celebrating life ✨🎂🇿🇦 Last slide is for everyone who commented on my last post. lol." — a cheeky nod to locals who had a lot to say about her previous upload.
Cheetah Girls Next Gen Brings Bailon-Houghton to Mzansi
The actress is in the country filming Disney's much-anticipated reboot, *Cheetah Girls: Next Gen*, and has been open about how deeply the experience has moved her. In an earlier post, she wrote: "SET LIFE 🐾🎬♠️CHEETAH GIRLS NEXT GEN! My heart is so full from this experience! In love with South Africa, so proud of this project & forever grateful for lifelong friendships & memories! Xx."
That post sparked a wave of responses from South Africans, with one user, @lluwellyn96, commenting: "Not playing our 2nd National Anthem ❤️🔥👏👏👏 proudly 🇿🇦!!!"
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The comments refer to a moment in a video where Bailon-Houghton and friends joked about needing to play "Sister Bethina"; a beloved South African tune fans consider a second national anthem. In the carousel that followed, she posted a video of herself at dinner with her family, clearly having a blast in the country.
Mzansi falls in love with Adrienne
Beyond the film set, Bailon-Houghton and her family have been embracing everything South Africa has to offer, including attending a rugby match. South Africans have welcomed her warmly, and the love in her comments section reflects that.
@lianev wrote: "Beautiful family ❤️😍"
@mirandamaday added: "lucky to be able to say I love every single one of ya!!! ❤️🩷"
@michellefortune56 asked: "I hope you watched some rugby while you're here in Cape Town 😊 to experience that GEES/SPIRIT 🇿🇦"
@summer_acacia joked: "❤️🇿🇦✨ Have you heard our backup anthem- Nkalakatha? 🤣"
@deidre_vorsatz91 had full energy in the comments: "Siiiiiissta Betina alright 😂 girl it's our second national anthem you gotta start singing it! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦"
@tiffanyanth could not help noticing: "Girl, your accent sounds like ours now 🙌😂"
@sylviapila summed up what many fans were feeling: "This trip to 🇿🇦would have been such a good vlog."
Jordyn Woods and hubby enjoy SA honeymoon
In a previous report from Briefly News, Jordyn Woods and her new husband, Karl-Anthony Towns, wasted no time diving into married life, trading red carpets for wide-open African landscapes.
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