Singer reveals why she officially introduced her South African ex as her boyfriend and not her other Kenyan exes

In mid-February there were rumours that Avril has split up with her long-time boyfriend, a South African man by the name Tinashe Leslie Mugadza.

This was after the two lovebirds spent Valentine’s Day away from each other triggering the tasteless hashtag #poleAvril. A hashtag that came at a wrong time because at that point, Avril’s late dad had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.)

A few months after the hashtag Avril confirmed the break-up and disclosed that they had broken up since they had started getting distant after her father’s tragic passing.

But despite their relationship not making it to the aisle, Avril admits that Tinashe was a serious man and that is why she officially introduced him to the public. Unlike her other celebrity exes like DJ Crème and non-celebrity exes.

It’s only with my ex that I officially came out and introduced as my man. All these other times I’ve never ever revealed anything to anyone. If I’m dating someone it’s probably on the low-low, because I really don’t like that attention .I’ve always been that artiste if you see me in the club it’s probably twice in a month or twice a year.” She said

Apart from her reserved nature Avril disclosed that Tinashe was introduced to the public because he gave her a ring, which symbolised something deeper.

“People that I dated before were not very serious.” She said in regards to her Kenyan exes , “I cannot profess you are my man if your clearly are not sure if you are my man or not.”

This is because she didn’t want that awkward situation of introducing her boyfriend and yet he is a boyfriend to many other girls.

2: Former mother-in-law actress ditches the ‘mbalas’ (weaves) for a well-shaven and dyed look

Sometimes showing your commitment to a role takes more than a wardrobe change, it takes a lifestyle change, weight loss or weight gain. And that is something many Hollywood actresses and actors have done in award-winning movies.

Charlize Theron gained 30 pounds (which is ALOT by Hollywood's standards) for ‘Monster’, a movie that won her an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and a SAG Award. In the movie, Theron a South-African-based-in-Hollywood had the massive weight gain to perform the role of Aileen Wuornos; one of the world’s most prolific female serial killers.

Aileen, the killer Charlize portrayed gained notoriety because women are generally not serial killers, most murders committed by women are rarely of random strangers, its mostly to a person they are close to.

But Charlize is not the only one who experienced a massive weight change. In 2010; Mila Kunis lived on cigarettes and 1,200 calories a day to portray the role of ‘Lily’ a ballerina in 'Black Swan'.

Aside from Mila losing so much weight, 50 cent lost about 25 Kgs in 2 months thanks to a strict liquid diet for his starring role of a cancer patient in 'Things Fall Apart'.

Closer home, actresses are also making a few changes in their lives for the sake of their roles. Thankfully its not losing 25 Kgs in a few months (which is dangerous by the way) but with subtle yet significant changes like a hair change.

Like Catherine Kamau who let go of her precious weaves for this Carol -Odero like look in an upcoming production with Phil-it-Productions.