‘The Way Ngingakhona’ reality TV star Inno Matijane transfoms. Image via Instagram @InnoMatijane
Five things to know about reality TV star Inno Matijane
From his gender transformation, his love life to starring in ‘The Way Ngingakhona’ reality TV show. Here’s 5 things about Inno Matijane.,
‘The Way Ngingakhona’ reality TV star Inno Matijane transfoms. Image via Instagram @InnoMatijane
The Way Ngingakhona reality TV star Inno Matijane previously trended on social media for his booty pictures, his reported previous relationship with actor Aaron Moloisi and his gender transformation journey.
So, who is the influencer? Here are five things to know about the Moja Love reality TV star.
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WHAT GENDER IS INNO?
The reality star Innocent “Inno” Matijane from Moja Love’s hit show The Way Ngingakhona revealed to Daily Sun in December 2022 that he’s struggling with deciding what gender they are. This is after his social media followers noticed they began wearing dresses and makeup.
“The gender dysphoria has been quite hell, to be honest. My transgender friends, whom I thought would be supportive to help me find myself, mocked me when they saw me in the wigs for the first time and that killed me the first time. I did let them know that I’ll never forget how my own trans friends received me. They made me feel like I’m doing it because they’re trans.”
“I won’t lie at first, I used to hate these things. I don’t know if the hate derived from fear or because I went from dating girls to being gay.”
Matijane added that he’s confused and his confusion is affecting his social life because he’s confusing people around him as well.
“It’s making me feel like I’m just an attention seeker and I invalidate myself because how can one person be so all over the place? I don’t know. know I want to just truly experience self-love. It’s not just waking up and deciding ‘hey I’m a transgender, no, there’s a lot of internal hate you go through with yourself.”
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REALITY TV STAR REPORTEDLY DATED AARON MOLOISI
ZAlebs reported in December 2020 that Matjiane was in a romantic relationship with former The Queen and TV presenter actor Aaron Moloisi.
The duo broke the internet and surprised their followers when they shared intimate images of each other on their social media channels. It is, however, unclear at this stage if the pair are still together as they’ve both deleted each other’s images on social media accounts.
It is unclear who the star is dating at the moment as he’s been private about his relationships.
3. MATIJANE ‘BOOTY PICS’ TREND ON SOCIAL MEDIA
The star had social media buzzing in July 2021 after he shared a picture of himself that clearly showed off his buttocks and captioned his picture “Peng tingz”.
IOL reports that his picture had many tweeps responding to him saying that although they were straight, they were attracted to him. While others noted that his picture was “making men question their sexuality”.
@Afrikanwolf tweeted: “I’m straight.. But..” while @Dre_Anderz tweeted: “Inno why you so fine. Aowa I’m straight but you on point.”
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4. HOW HE JOINED ‘THE WAY NGINGAKHONA’
The actor and TV personality also spoke to IOL about joining the cast of the hit reality Moja Love show in an interview.
“I actually went to the Moja Love offices for an audition for a music show and I was introduced to Tholang Motsumi, who was also there. One of the producers told me about an idea they had for a reality show and I said why don’t we have a show that focuses on the LGBTQI+ community – and that’s how it all came about. I said yes because I wanted to be a part of a show that empowers others when they watch it. It was important to educate people of the daily struggles and lives of people in the LGBTQIA+ community and this show does that,” he said.
The show follows the lives of 3 members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their daily struggles and success.
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5. HIS MOTHER PASSES AWAY
Inno got his big break on Moja Love after he lost his mother, Lineo Matijane in December 2019. The star told News24 that she would have been 50 in 2020.
“I don’t know when I will heal. I sold my car for R12 000 on Gumtree, out of desperation. I blame myself – maybe if I had become successful quick enough, I would have been able to give my mother the best care and she would be alive,” an emotional Inno says.
The publication adds that he found out after Lineo passed on that his father had abused her and, on some occasions, had beaten her to a pulp. This added more distance to their strained relationship.
