Tembinksoi Ngcukana, South African actor and DJ popularly known for his roles in “Gqeberha: The Empire” and most recenlty Netflix’s “How To Ruin Love: The Lobola”, has opened up and addressed the harassment he’s received from female fans in public. The actor took to social media to break his silence after joining the cast of Netflix’s “How To Ruin” franchise.
On Sunday, 4 December 2025, the rising star took to Instagram Stories to address his female fanbase. Ngcukana said, “Hi ladies, a quick one. Because it’s getting out of hand. The entitlement needs to stay with your boyfriends, neh? Walking up to me, blocking my way to just stare at me, ain’t it.”
The rising actor also pleaded that South African women stop telling him to stop what he’s doing as it deprives them of his attention. Ngcukana kindly pleads that he is separated from the characters he plays on TV and that the lines are not blurred between his real life and his varying personas that he portrays on the screen.
His title as “the internet boyfriend”, dubbed by fans online in 2023, only adds more pressure to the harassment and unsettling nature of his new reality among his female fans.
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Aside from acting, the newcomer has honed his craft as a DJ since he was 14 years old. He has considered parting ways from the art, but he would always find his way back behind the decks, emphasising that when he is not on the screen, he is producing hot new tracks.
