{"id":863263,"date":"2025-07-18T02:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T07:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/mac-g-dropped-by-dstv-after-controversial-comments-about-minnie-dlamini-spark-backlash\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T02:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T07:12:33","slug":"mac-g-dropped-by-dstv-after-controversial-comments-about-minnie-dlamini-spark-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/mac-g-dropped-by-dstv-after-controversial-comments-about-minnie-dlamini-spark-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac G dropped by DStv after controversial comments about Minnie Dlamini spark backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-area\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Popular YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/mac-g\/\" title=\"Mac G\">Mac G<\/a>\u2019s brief run on television has come to an unexpected halt after DStv reportedly ended its partnership with his show, <em>Podcast and Chill<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes just a month after the podcast began airing on Mzansi Magic and Mzansi Wethu, marking what many thought would be a promising new chapter in <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/mac-g\/\" title=\"Mac G\">Mac G<\/a>\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>The fallout follows a wave of public outrage after he made disparaging remarks about actress and TV personality Minnie Dlamini on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Though he later issued an apology for his comments, the backlash was swift and unforgiving.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>TimesLIVE<\/em>, the partnership with MultiChoice officially ended on Sunday, 25 May, effectively pulling the plug on <a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/tag\/mac-g\/\" title=\"Mac G\">Mac G<\/a>\u2019s television presence.<\/p>\n<p>Sowetan previously reported that the episode containing the remarks about Dlamini was withheld from airing on DStv platforms, hinting at growing discomfort behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Social media lit up over the weekend as South Africans reacted to the news.<\/p>\n<p>Blogger Musa Khawula also confirmed the development on his X account, stating on Saturday, 24 May, that the podcaster had been dropped.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/2025\/05\/25\/macg-dropped-by-dstv-after-controversial-comments-about-minnie-dlamini-spark-backlash\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=macg-dropped-by-dstv-after-controversial-comments-about-minnie-dlamini-spark-backlash\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular YouTuber Mac G\u2019s brief run on television has come to an unexpected halt after DStv reportedly ended its partnership with his show, Podcast and Chill. The decision comes just a month after the podcast began airing on Mzansi Magic and Mzansi Wethu, marking what many thought would be a promising new chapter in Mac [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162,3867,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-863263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-controversial","8":"category-dropped","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}