{"id":40659,"date":"2016-04-15T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/04\/15\/melusi-yeni-denies-being-a-drunkard\/"},"modified":"2016-04-15T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:51:01","slug":"melusi-yeni-denies-being-a-drunkard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/04\/15\/melusi-yeni-denies-being-a-drunkard\/","title":{"rendered":"Melusi Yeni Denies Being A Drunkard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/melusi-yeni.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" is_main_img=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Former Generations, Rhythm City and Muvhango actor Melusi Yeni denies being a drunkard after rumors that he was fired from all three shows for showing up to work drunk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/melusi-yeni.jpg\" alt=\"melusi yeni\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The actor who is now playing the part of Sabelo in the new e.tv series, The Kingdom: Ukhakhayi says people confuse the characters he plays with the real him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople will see Melusi, an on-screen drunkard of note. I\u2019ve been painted a drunkard in real life;\u00a0what I know is I\u2019m not, It baffles me why people say I\u2019m a drunkard because I don\u2019t drink\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yeni says those people will get their satisfaction from me being a real drunkard in this new TV role. \u201cAnd mind you, this is the best role I\u2019ve ever played in all my years as an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\";\n\t\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Generations, Rhythm City and Muvhango actor Melusi Yeni denies being a drunkard after rumors that he was fired from all three shows for showing up to work drunk. 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