Everyone wants to know if the love scene was real. Were they really naked? Was there penetration?

Khanyi Mbau led with a response and said that there was no penetration during the love scene. She said:

“The Wife belongs to a corporate entity called Showmax, and it is a professional entertainment platform. They are not a porn or adult entertainment company”.

Khanyi spoke about safety precautions and regulations saying

“Number one is hygiene. Number two, there are Covid tests when any character comes into contact with another to make sure none of the actors is put at risk. The actors are then allowed to choose who they want in the room. They are given a shortlist of how they are going to shoot this.

“There is a green tape for the characters so there is a safe line. It is something that you will not see, but we see it and the camera guy knows once I look into that, it means he needs to stop. They have gone past my limit of comfort and safety”.

“Body parts are protected, strapped and kept away from each person’s body. This is because we are natural human beings, especially men. If there had to be an erection, it would show, and it may put me in a position where I feel uncomfortable”.

“Actors are respected, you do not look at an actor when they are nude. Once there is a cut, characters stand apart and we’re given our gowns in which we are covered and protected”.

When asked about how they managed to make people believe they were fully naked she said

“I wore the thinnest T strap underwear you can ever imagine. Camera work allows the illusion for you to think there’s nothing there when there’s everything there. For example, in the scene where he went down on me, there was literally a big camera in the sheets with us,”

“Even in the scene where you see Nkosana under the sheet talking to me, you thought I was there. I wasn’t there. I was not even in the room when they shot him lying in bed as if they were both there,”

Mondli on the other hand did not disclose much about the technical side of pulling off such a love scene but he said acting is a craft, and the fact that so many people across the country believe that the intercourse actually happened, only means that they both did a magnificent job.

A lot more was spoken about in the Twitter space including how they broke the news about their love scene to their significant others and how they built a relationship that allowed them to work together. Although the scene lasted for minutes on the show, in real life it took them a minimum of three hours to film.

Although people like to fixate on the nitty-gritty like knowing if the pair really had sex what matters is that they did the job well enough for us to believe that the characters they play did the deed. That’s all that matters. Their job is to tell a story and as far as the story goes, the characters had s_ex. However, it’s natural for people to want to translate what they see in a fictional story into real life. Because if Khanyi and Mondli really did have sex, that would just blow up even more headlines.

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The explicit scene comes a few days after viewers took to social media to complain about the show calling it boring. Well, the producers of the show responded with what people probably love the most based on the views….s_ex.

There isn’t much to say about the scene beside the fact that is the most explicit scene so far in South African television. Some people are wondering how The Wife managed to get itself ranked next to Fifty Shades of Grey?

The Wife is an adaptation of the book Hlomu The Wife by Dudu Busani-Dube. Although the original story is a romance story, the focus is more about crime, culture and wealth. It follows the love story of Hlomu a journalist and Mqhele a taxi (commuter omnibus) owner who also commits crimes in a bit to protect himself and his brothers.

When it was announced that The Wife would be playing on Showmax, many people (including myself) anticipated the book coming to life on their screens. Sure one expects a few changes when it comes to movies/series versus the book. Some details are different like we saw in movies like Harry Potter. Some viewers were however disappointed when they discovered that the storyline is very different compared to the book.

Some people are calling Khanyi and Mondli the best actors in Mzansi. This is weird given that a few days ago they were calling the show boring. Are they the best because they simply are or because of the explicit scene? Another issue of note is how the shower hour on Big Brother Mzansi rakes in more views than any other hour of the day. People are generally more interested in the content with more explicit scenes.

Some people argue that if the scene was in an American movie people wouldn’t have reacted like they are. They would have considered it normal. Because of our culture, people expect different standards from local African content compared to international content.

There are comments that the scene would not have been aired on SABC and they are probably true because of the BCCSA restrictions. But Showmax is a streaming platform that is accessible internationaly. It competes with other streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. When you put The Wife next to other international shows like Fifty Shades of Grey, you realize that there isn’t much of a difference. It’s shocking to some because we are in Africa.

Working Wives was the first Zimbabwean show to make it on Showmax in 2021. As our entertainment industry grows we are bound to see more and more shows like itself making it on international streaming platforms. Will they also have to tweak their content to satisfy the viewers? Will we also be watching a steamy scene in shock one day? That would be interesting because Zimbabwean film is yet to reach a point where couples can be shown on the screen with no clothes on like Khanyi and Mondli did.

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