South African musician Mlindo the Vocalist has denied going on stage drunk. This comes after the AmaBlesser hit maker fell on stage during a performance.
Mlindo fell on stage during his performance at the Mogodu Monday Shot’left in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria and had to be carried away leaving his fans in shock.
Mlindo spoke to a local publication after a video of him staggering and struggling to stand still went viral on social media.
He blamed it all on his knees giving him problems since his injury in primary school during a karate class.
“I have a problem with my knees and yesterday (Monday) the venue was packed and the stage was wet,”
“I was performing the last song of the evening and someone pulled me into the crowd and I couldn’t get up which is why a bodyguard bad to come and pick me up,” said Mlindo.
The Amacala hitmaker says he decided to set the record straight after seeing the video widely circulating on social me.
“After seeing the videos I can see why people thought I was drunk but I was not. I had been performing well until then,” he said.
He also said that he had to visit a wellness clinic and plans to visit the doctor about his knee.
“For now I’ve bandaged my knee and I am taking painkillers,” he said.
His manager Matshepo Seloi backed up his client saying he wouldn’t have allowed the vocalist to perform if he was drunk.
“If he was drunk we would have never let him perform and his friends would’ve been the ones to remove him off stage but we knew the problem was bigger,” he said.
The video has since gone viral and has sparked debates on social media as some fans think he was drunk while some believe his drink could have been spiked.
