WATCH | 'K-drama actress' - Babes Wodumo's 'skin lightening' video has tongues wagging

10 January 2022 - 18:00 By Constance Gaanakgomo
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Babes Wodumo shocked tweeps with the filtered video.
Babes Wodumo shocked tweeps with the filtered video.
Image: Instagram/Babes Wodumo

What might've been a moment of fun for Babes Wodumo has ended in tweeps having a go at her.

The star took part in a TikTok challenge where users apply a filter to see what they would look like with a different skin tone.

She posted the results on Instagram where she got a lot of attention from her followers.

Many praised her for her "fire editing skills", while others rang the alarm on the skin lightening trend among celebs.

"We shouldn't embrace this so called TikTok trend, last thing we need is Babes Wodumo or any black woman in this country following Mshoza and Khanyi Mbau's footsteps," wrote one user.

It's not the first time Babe's Instagram videos have made waves. She hit the Twitter trends list last year with videos discussing fellow star Makhadzi and even her mother-in-law. A clip of her insulting her mother-in-law was later confirmed to be a publicity stunt.

Here are some of the reactions from Twitter on Babes' 'new look': 


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