Singer and songwriter, Kelly Khumalo seems to have offended many with her stance on deadbeat fathers.
The doting mother of three, whom she shares with Molemo Maarohanye better known as Jub Jub, the late Senzo Meyiwa and Mthokozisi Yende.
The internet quickly assumed that her talk about absent fathers was directed to Jub Jub, as he is rumoured to have been absent in Christian’s life. In the video clip shared by MDN News on X (formerly Twitter), the Empini singer started off by wishing herself a Happy Father’s Day.
In the video clip that was shared, Kelly criticised man who only post children on social media while they are absent in their lives, because the mother does not allow them to meet; calling them social media sperm donors.
She said that a real man would take the matter to courts and fight for custody. Kelly also added that if a man was absent in the life of his child and later returns to claim the child. The father should be more of an uncle than a father, because her and her husband would have assumed the role of raising the child.
Kelly Khumalo appears to be calling out Jub Jub, saying that if he genuinely wanted to be involved in his son’s life, he would have taken her to court and fought for custody.
She added that he’s more of an uncle than a father, and that she and her husband will take on the role… pic.twitter.com/wesLzljLZx
— MDN NEWS (@MDNnewss) June 18, 2025
X users weighed in.
As children grow, they can identify a toxic parent and decide who they want in their lives, regardless of how much support single mothers provide during their youth
— Siya SA 🇿🇦🇨🇳🇵🇸🇮🇷 (@BhovuRbay) June 18, 2025
Now that she mentioned court, why hasn’t Jub Jub taken her to court vele when he has the money to do so?🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻
All he does is harass man who do what he also does
— Williams🤫 (@BBK29_) June 18, 2025
You refused the man access to the child, now you want him to fight through courts. pic.twitter.com/NC9GHK0bVs
— Vha Mabunda (@vha_mo) June 18, 2025
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