In an interview with City Press published on
Sunday, popular entertainer Somizi Mhlongo spoke about his upcoming
memoir, Dominoes: Unbreakable Spirit.
He wrote in the book that he was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 1999 that had the capacity to cease his life within six months and it is incurable. He says he won’t name the illness for personal reasons.
Somizi apparently debated whether it was worth seeking treatment and living with the chronic illness.
The 44-year-old maintains that he has never felt the need to tell people what the ailment is.
“I haven’t had the courage or the need to tell which one it is between cancer, HIV and diabetes.”
He was apparently told he had just a month to live, but God in HIS infinite mercy had “other plans” for him over six years.
Somizi explained that by cultivating a positive mind-set he was able to rise above his affliction despite numerous days when it all felt like too much.
He also reveals how difficult his life became after he was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a man and needed to go on anti-depressants to deal with the stress.
His cars were repossessed, his mortgage was in arrears and he was completely broke after jobs in the entertainment industry apparently dried up.
Today, the choreographer is an Idols judge, has his own reality show and numerous promotion and endorsement deals.
The only sustainable solution for his life, he says, had been to stop “drinking and having casual sex” and turning to prayer and spiritual enlightenment.
He also credits Rhema Bible Church and friends there for giving him peace.
Somizi maintains he has never been friends with drugs despite having notoriously drug-troubled friend Brenda Fassie (who died of an overdose) often offering him narcotics.
Mandoza and Bricks allegedly also “did cocaine” in his presence.
CREDIT: CITIZEN
He wrote in the book that he was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 1999 that had the capacity to cease his life within six months and it is incurable. He says he won’t name the illness for personal reasons.
Somizi apparently debated whether it was worth seeking treatment and living with the chronic illness.
The 44-year-old maintains that he has never felt the need to tell people what the ailment is.
“I haven’t had the courage or the need to tell which one it is between cancer, HIV and diabetes.”
He was apparently told he had just a month to live, but God in HIS infinite mercy had “other plans” for him over six years.
Somizi explained that by cultivating a positive mind-set he was able to rise above his affliction despite numerous days when it all felt like too much.
He also reveals how difficult his life became after he was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a man and needed to go on anti-depressants to deal with the stress.
His cars were repossessed, his mortgage was in arrears and he was completely broke after jobs in the entertainment industry apparently dried up.
Today, the choreographer is an Idols judge, has his own reality show and numerous promotion and endorsement deals.
The only sustainable solution for his life, he says, had been to stop “drinking and having casual sex” and turning to prayer and spiritual enlightenment.
He also credits Rhema Bible Church and friends there for giving him peace.
Somizi maintains he has never been friends with drugs despite having notoriously drug-troubled friend Brenda Fassie (who died of an overdose) often offering him narcotics.
Mandoza and Bricks allegedly also “did cocaine” in his presence.
CREDIT: CITIZEN
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