A day after questions were sent to Mzansi Magic‚ the channel responded and downplayed the claims. It said the images of the dress were never supposed to be released and formed part of the “development of potential wardrobe options.”
Although it is unclear what the “development of potential wardrobe options” means‚ the channel said it had reached out to Minnie.
“Bomb Productions will be making contact with the designer to apologise for this incident and Minnie has also been contacted to apologise for any inconvenience caused‚” said Mzansi Magic’s Nondumiso Mabece.
Asanda‚ however‚ is not buying it and has cried foul on the channel’s intentions.
She said that directors only reached out to Minnie after TshisaLIVE sent them questions‚ drawing attention to the matter‚ and were happy to ignore the issue when she raised it on social media.
“All of their actions show a total lack of integrity. They contacted Minnie after you (TshisaLIVE) sent questions. They’ve removed the picture but that doesn’t help matters. My brand has been diminished. It has devalued the dress and even though they are now backtracking and say they are not using the dress‚ the damage has been done.”