Letoya Makhene Pulumo is at that point in her life where she knows what makes her tick as a creative and film and series are the genres she wants to dabble in after leaving Generations: The Legacy.
The actress, who played the role of Tshidi Phakade on the soapie, told TshisaLIVE she did not leave the soapie on bad terms but instead chose to focus on other avenues to better her life.
“I absolutely love film. This is why I made a decision to leave Generations: The Legacy ... not because I didn't enjoy it or I didn't appreciate the platform that I had. We are talking about working 12-hour days and that is outside early morning, when you wake up and when you put those together. We are literally working for 16 hours,” she said.
“You are learning scripts over and over, you've got no life outside that soapie.
“God has blessed me with many other gifts. Not only am I a singer, I'm a traditional healer, a songwriter. I've got so many other different talents that I needed to get in touch with and just time to grow.
Here's why Letoya Makhene left 'Generations: The Legacy'
'I made a decision to come out of the soapie, but I did not make a decision to stop acting'
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Letoya Makhene Pulumo is at that point in her life where she knows what makes her tick as a creative and film and series are the genres she wants to dabble in after leaving Generations: The Legacy.
The actress, who played the role of Tshidi Phakade on the soapie, told TshisaLIVE she did not leave the soapie on bad terms but instead chose to focus on other avenues to better her life.
“I absolutely love film. This is why I made a decision to leave Generations: The Legacy ... not because I didn't enjoy it or I didn't appreciate the platform that I had. We are talking about working 12-hour days and that is outside early morning, when you wake up and when you put those together. We are literally working for 16 hours,” she said.
“You are learning scripts over and over, you've got no life outside that soapie.
“God has blessed me with many other gifts. Not only am I a singer, I'm a traditional healer, a songwriter. I've got so many other different talents that I needed to get in touch with and just time to grow.
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“Tshidi was such a big character and the writers were always so excited about writing for her. I was literally that one character that was on set more than any other character, so it took a lot more away from me than it was giving me. So I made a decision to come out of soapie, but I did not make a decision to stop acting.”
The actress said the natural progression of her journey has allowed her to provide for her family and ensure she can continue to live for herself and their children.
“I think it is only the right thing to allow yourself to grow, because when you are an actor you are being hired by someone and unfortunately as an actor we still don't have contracts, we are still freelancers. So at any point someone can decide that they are done with my character and they going to write me out.
“What I needed to do outside my Dlozi work is to be able to build an empire and to build things that are going to be sustainable for me and my children and family. Things I'm going to leave for them once I leave this earth, or retire.”
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