5 Sweet celebrity quotes about their moms
These celebrities can’t stop praising their mothers…
It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday and to celebrate we are paying tribute to the women who helped bring some of South Africa’s biggest stars into the world.
Celebrities usually try to keep their private lives out of the spotlight, but when it comes to their moms, they can’t stop singing their praises.
Here’s a look at some of the special ways these local stars have paid tribute to their moms.
Pearl Thusi
Pearl Thusi’s mother died in 2004. She says the “day she passed on was like an intense and vivid nightmare that still has not ended”. The 29-year-old says it is important to love and appreciate your mother while she is around because you never know when she will be gone. “I see how people take their moms for granted sometimes. And my heart breaks. This is where my mother rests. And the most I can do now is to clean this cold surface that lies there in her memory. I know she's watching over me but I would love to have her back. I'd do anything. For her to be back and my daughter to meet her grandmother,” she wrote on Instagram in 2016 while visiting her mother’s grave.
Damon Beard
Radio personality Damon Beard lost his mother when he was in his twenties. But not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about his “kind-hearted” mom.
"My mom died when she was just 49, and I was in my 20’s at the time. She worked as a PA and was admired by many. If there was one thing that I would remember my mom for, it would be her kindness. She was a kind-hearted individual who put everyone else’s needs before hers. She cared about helping people, and I think it’s this very same quality that she’s passed down to me. I miss and think of her each day and remember what a remarkable woman she was,” he said.
Boity
TV presenter Boity Thulo describes her mother Modiehi as her “queen”. The mother-daughter duo could easily be mistaken for sisters. “God Bless the day you were born and the day you became my Mother! I love you with all of my being! And please kindly direct the rest of us to the Fountain of Youth,” she wrote about her mother on Instagram.
Tamara Dey
Tamara Dey has described her mother as her pillar of strength, but in 2016 their roles were reversed when Susan Dey was kidnapped, raped and robbed. “This has deepened our connection and strengthened our love for each other,” Tamara told the Sunday Times a few months after the ordeal. Tamara has since become a mother herself, welcoming her daughter Lalabella in December. Her mother is no doubt by her side, helping her on her new journey as a mom. “This woman is EVERYTHING. I love you mum, you're my rock,” Tamara captioned this picture with her mom on Instagram.
DJ Zinhle
DJ Zinhle learned a lot of important lessons from her mother, Jabu Jiyane. “I was raised by a strong and beautiful woman. My mother’s name is Jabu and she has 4 children. She is the one who taught me everything I know about being a woman, a grounded and hardworking woman… I work hard because that is what I watched my mother do. She was a teacher who instilled in me the discipline to work hard and not to expect anything from anyone. She taught me that the person responsible for me is myself,” she wrote in a 2016 blog on her website, Moments by Zinhle.