*WARNING: Video contains foul language
TV personality Katlego Maboe has been dropped by the Expresso Morning Show after a video surfaced on social media in which his girlfriend calls him out for jolling, leading to her getting a STD.
The viral two-minute video, believed to be a few months old, shows Monique Muller skelling at the Expresso presenter and face of Outsurance advertising campaigns.
The mother of his child, who appears to be the one recording, demands to know who his jolmeit is, and gives him an ultimatum: “You either protect this person or you're gonna walk away from your family, your son.”
A silent, defeated-looking Kat then agrees to tell her on condition that she doesn't take away access to his son and drag him to court.
Monique is in no mood to negotiate, however, and vertels him: “I asked you to respect me, you’ve understood that very clearly at some point.
"You’ve destroyed my entire life. You gave me a f***ing STD that is destroying my f***ing womb and my chances of having another child, so don't f***ing ask me about the ultimatum that I'm giving you because I have every f***ing right to be as angry and to demand the f***ing truth, so you're going to tell me if you're going to f***ing leave.
"As I said, it's as simple as that, you know where your priorities lie, you f***ing decide.
"Yes, I gave you an ultimatum, it's a s*** one, you f***ing ruined my life, you decide.”
Kat, 33, then confesses: “It's Nikita Murray, we went out, went to my hotel room and we slept together once.”
Early Friday morning, he released a statement on his social media platforms in which he admitted to being unfaithful.
He wrote: “Truth: I was unfaithful to my partner during a very important time of our lives - an act I regret to this day.
"We are currently undergoing an unfortunate and painful separation which is being resolved through legal proceedings.
"As you can imagine, separations are quite a difficult thing to deal with, especially with a child involved.
"In light of the comments made against me, I would like to state that I have never abused my partner. I have always and will always stand up against the abuse of women and children - in fact, the abuse of anyone for that matter.
"I had chosen to deal with this matter privately to protect and safeguard our child. At the end of the day, our child is all that matters to me.
"However, I will leave this to the legal system and let the truth have its day.”
The other woman, Nikita, believed to be employed by Outsurance, has not commented on the matter.
But Cardova Productions moved quickly to axe Katlego from Expresso.
"We condemn any acts of violence and mistreatment, especially against women and children, and therefore take such allegations very seriously," their statement said.
"Until such time as the matter has been fully investigated, and pending the outcome, Mr Maboe will not be appearing on The Expresso Morning Show.
In an interview with Binge News over the weekend, Monique revealed their problems started when he told her he was starting to feel “smothered” and started moering her.
She claimed: “When the first physical attack happened, I got a protection order against him.”
But despite his faults, she said he “he’s a f***ing great father, like he’s a great dad to our son, I will forever respect him for that.”
#Katlegomaboe estranged partner Monique Muller opens up for the first time - Full interview dropping soon on YouTube #MoniqueSpeaks #BingeNews pic.twitter.com/XJb3UCjawZ
— GoBinge (@GoBinge_) October 24, 2020
It's not the first time Katlego has been caught jolling. In 2012, the bubbly presenter was accused of vrying with ex-Top Billing now TV Chef, Lorna Meseko, who was married at the time.
He later told Gareth Cliff on CliffCentral.com: “What happened is‚ we went to the horse races‚ and we were together as a group of friends‚ and we had a couple of drinks and it was great. Later on in the night‚ there was a vibe. You know when there’s a vibe‚ it’s just instantaneous. You look into each other’s eyes and we snogged,” he said, denying that they later headed to a hotel room.
venecia.america@inl.co.za