Cape Town – Controversial Youtuber, Slik Talk has apologised to Rikhado “Ricky Rick” Makhado’s wife Bianca, after he posted a now deleted video clip slamming her for her husband’s untimely death.
Ricky died two weeks ago.
The rapper committed suicide as a result of a mental health battle, according to TrueLove.
Slik Talk, in his video, accused Bianca, saying that she should have done something to help her husband deal with depression.
“Riky Rick has been contemplating this suicide for two years, I know it, and a lot of people who listen to his music know it…where was Bianca in all of this?,” said Slik Talk.
He continued: “My thing is, where was Bianca in all of this? I’m sorry but I have to ask the question. Where was the person sleeping next to him every night when he was going through all these troubles? Because I knew it, a lot of people knew it…did Bianca know it?
“Bianca I’m sorry, but we have to have the difficult conversation. Were you there for this man when he needed you the most? Because we can all tell that Riky Rick was pouring from an empty cup. He needed the help and support. He had a lot of pressure and had a lot of stress.”
Twitter came on guns blazing on the youtuber after his remarks.
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Many on social media were not impressed with his “insensitive utterances” and called on him to apologise to the late rapper’s wife.
The controversial commentator took to his podium over the weekend to express his remorse.
“I apologise to Bianca Naidoo, Riky Rick’s wife, for the video I made about her. It was extremely insensitive, very distasteful. I was out of order. It’s just that Riky Rick was such an impactful guy to the culture that I want to know what happened. What led up to that decision and why he did what he did.
“I was speculating, I didn’t think the video would do what it did. I uploaded the video and deleted it in 30 minutes. But there were already clips on Twitter. I hope the video didn’t get to you. And if it did, just know I am apologetic about what I said,” he said.
Tweeps weighed in on the apology:
But the questions that Slik talk asked about Ricky Rick were relevant and pertinent. How does your partner commit suicide and only to be found by outsiders at 8 a.m. or so. It is sad that Slik Talk got pressured to apologize?
— Vukile Ramashala (@KaptainVK) March 5, 2022
What yall are doing to @Bianca ain’t fair I mean she is in pain she is mourning the death of her husband ? ? yall are out here @SlikTalk_SA saying “where was she during #RickyRick ‘s depression was she supposed to tell you /yall what happens in their life
— thermoplastics (@ther_moplastics) March 3, 2022
There’s nothing valid about the question. There was a suicide note. Ricky Rick asked his wife not to blame herself. She was obviously with him on his journey. Bianca is grieving her husband. Slik Talk has crossed the line.
— sɔɐɐsı ǝuuʎן-zzoᴚ?? (@RozzNotRoss) March 3, 2022
Few days ago, everyone was blaming Chris for “bullying” Riky Rick and his account was being reported everywhere, today that Slik Talk boy goes on record blaming Ricky’s wife for his suicide days after his funeral and it’s crickets.
— ♣☆»??TheGreatDlamini??«☆♣ (@Phislash) March 3, 2022
Slik talk asking these questions is the same way you asking AKA where was he when his girlfriend was jumping from a building. You see how insensitive and uncomfortable it sounds looking at it in a different Lens..
But ke this APP is full of hypocrites ?♂️
— Francis FNEEZY (@JustLiamLeeds) March 3, 2022
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