Cape Town — Former Miss South Africa and model, Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni, was forced to shut down all pregnancy rumours and to set the record straight after a fan claimed she was pregnant.
Liesl took to Instagram and uploaded a lengthy video where she was forced to tell fans that she was upset over people constantly making ill-advised comments about her appearance, her body, and her womb.
“So, I actually can’t believe that I have to sit down in my car and educate people. Leave my womb alone. Leave other women’s wombs alone,” she emphasised. “If you are a woman who keeps commenting rubbish on my posts and saying ‘she is pregnant’… stop it.” she said.
She added that anyone who feels the need to comment on her body, will be blocked and people needed to stop the culture of wanting to be right about everything, especially about things they did not know. She said it is up to her, or any other woman, whether they want to disclose their body. She also acknowledged that she had gained weight, but that was her own choice.
“If I have gained weight, which I know I have, that’s fine. I have gained weight because I am happy and I have money. I have gained a couple of kilos, I am also 33 years old, and I don’t wish to be weighing 48 kilograms like I was in my 20s,” she added.
LEAVE WOMAN’S WOMBS ALONE! And if you don’t agree with anything in this Reel – BLOCK ME! God bless ❤️
Liesl’s husband, Dr Musa Mthobeni, also weighed in on the situation, asking people to leave his wife alone.
“Leave our womb alone !!!!! Pregnancy isn’t a group project.” he said.
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
