It includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. Celebrities are no exception when it comes to online bullying because just by being in the limelight, they are under more scrutiny than ordinary folks. Recently, celebrity couple Diphetogo ‘Dipsy’ Selolwane and his girlfriend Marang Molosiwa were scheduled to be part of DStv’s couple CookOff competition on Valentine’s Day. They immediately became targets of Twitter trolls as they were bullied, trolled and mocked for their age difference. They eventually pulled out from the competition and a day later during the Cookoff, legendary rapper Game ‘Zeus’ Bantsi was next on the list as people made remarks about his weight loss. Zeus was struck down by the emotional keystrokes of cyber-bullets and on Monday he released a heartfelt press statement addressing his abusers.
“It is with great concern that this morning I awoke to find social media posts regarding my health. To see the spirit in which some of the news was conveyed was very shocking to me. I would like to state that I am in good health and I have not been diagnosed with any terminal illness,” read the statement. Zeus said the power of social media can be used for good and often people choose to use it to spread false rumours. “I am a human being just as much as anybody else and I have a family and friends who have access to social media platforms and I ask that you bear that in mind as well. They get affected by false and unfounded rumours,” he disclosed.
