Palesa Madisakwane opens up about rejection from baby daddy Somizi

Actress Palesa Madisakwane has alleged that her ex-lover, media personality Somizi Mhlongo, pressured her to terminate their pregnancy.

Speaking on Hell and Back podcast (part two), Palesa opened up about the emotional abuse she endured, revealing painful details about their past.

“I was told to abort. When the baby was born, he told me he doesn’t love the baby because he doesn’t love me,” she claimed.

She further alleged that Somizi refused to take responsibility for their child, Bahumi, leading her to take legal action.

“He refused to maintain the child, and I took him to court. By that time, I had already started acting and was a known brand. It was so embarrassing, but I had no choice. Even then, he insisted that Bahumi was not his child. He demanded a DNA test, which came back positive.

While we were in court, he couldn’t even look at us—he just looked away and stood miles away. When the results came out, I just cried because I felt humiliated and disgraced,” Palesa recounted.

Despite the confirmation, she claimed Somizi remained unwilling to provide consistent support.

“Even after that, he wouldn’t support his child. I would call him, and sometimes he’d pay, but other times he wouldn’t. My ex-husband had to step in and support Bahumi.

I remember at one point, Bahumi didn’t have food, and I went to his place to ask for money. He was with his boyfriend at the time. He just stood there, threw R100 at us, and went back inside the house,” she recalled.

Palesa also alleged that in 2020, Bahumi was left homeless while her father was living in luxury.

“I was going through a difficult time, and I had separated from my husband. My two children from the marriage were living with my ex-husband, but Bahumi had nowhere to stay. She had to live with friends, yet her father was living in a mansion,” she said.