Carol Mdladla is at it again this time accusing former Generations actress Connie Ferguson of breaking her marriage of 13 years with Buyile Mdladla, reports the Sunday Sun.
Carol accuses Connie of exacerbating her marital woes with her (ex) husband and says Connie should be blamed for everything going wrong in her (Carol) marriage. Contacted for comment, Furgeson said: "I wouldn't judge Carol because of the comments she makes. Divorce has happened to the best of us." But Connie also hit back saying if Carol and Buyile are going through a divorce, they should do it quietly without pointing fingers at outside parties.
"But Connie also hit back saying if Carol and Buyile are going through a divorce, they should do it quietly without pointing fingers at outside parties."
The Sunday tabloid alleges that Connie's hubby and Scandal star, Shona Ferguson (Alex Phiri) is unhappy that Connie was working with Buyile and doing kissing scenes with him. Buyile reportedly flirted and had some kind of an affair with Connie while she was married to Neo Matsunyane. Upon finding out about the flirty encounters and the alleged affair, Neo reportedly confronted Buyile with a gun. Theirs is a union history and now Connie is (happily) married to Shona Ferguson, or so they claim. You know the saying, not all that glitters is gold.
Unpacking and analysing the real-life drama: Connie
This unscripted drama happening around Connie and her name being dragged through the accusations and attention-seeking plot by Carol, can be attributed to the fact that perhaps Connie is one of South Africa's most loved actresses. Proof can be found in that, you put her on a magazine cover or newspaper front page, your publication is guranteed to be an instant bestseller for that edition. Carol's marriage was long over before Buyile started starring opposite Connie.
This Drum/Blaqueboi article shows that Carol has been beaten up, cheated on by her husband with many girls and is proof that she is using Connie as a scapegoat.
In Generations, Karabo's love-life has been marred by drama, tragedy and bad luck. One can only hope that detractors will not succeed in breaking her marriage since theirs is going down the drain.
"It can be speculated that of course Shona wasn't happy that Connie will be kissing her ex-boyfriend on screen and maybe even Connie didn't."
Connie announced in March that she was leaving Generations after being with the soapie from episode one, scene one, take one. Essentially, she has been with the soapie for just over 16 years. It can be speculated that of course Shona wasn't happy that Connie will be kissing her ex-boyfriend on screen and maybe even Connie didn't like the idea of working with Buyile. One can safely assume that she spoke with her Generation bosses that she wasn't happy that Buyile will be playing her fling and had to chose between her and Buyille and when the bosses didn't give in, she resigned.
Since her resignation, Connie, who is the highest paid actress on Generations cast, hasn't spoken about her real reasons for leaving the soapie except that it's time to move on. Since announcing her resignation from the series, she has been tweeting about songs on how to handle a difficult situation, how moving on is painful yet a necesaasy move. Connie will probably not speak on her reasons for leaving Generation perhaps until 2012.
"...moving on is painful yet a necessary move."
Connie is currently focusing hall her energy on the Connie Furgeson brand, and what a brand she is!
A perfect couple: Connie and Shona
Watching from a distance, Connie and Shona are a perfect celeb couple and have even won You Spectecular Awards for two years in row (2008 and 2009) for just being in love. If indeed the rumours and speculations that Connie and Shona weren't happy that Gen bosses brought Connie's ex-fling to be her onscreen boyfriend, I applaud Connie for chosing her marriage over her Generations job. Not that she had to choose between her job and her marriage. It was going to become increasingly difficult for her to work with Buyile because it was kind of going to spark the old flame and we are all human beings with faulty human nature. No one is perfect and even the sweetest of people do fall prey to life's unfortunate situations.
"it was going to become increasingly difficult for her to work with Buyile because it was kind of going to spark the old flame and we are all human beings with faulty human nature."
Connie also displayed attributes of a true professional, as the Generations press release read after the news of Connie's exit broke. She continued working with her real-life ex-fling right to the very end of the period that producers needed her. "Connie is a true professional in every sense of the word," said Gen publicist Constance in the press release.
Connie shot her exit scenes on Generations last Thursday and will last be seen on the soapie on October 29 in a tear-jerking storyline.