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#DateMyFamily – Twitter shows up for the weekly shenanigans

Satellite ears, Christmas chicken and Campbell Naomi.

Mzansi Magic’s Date My Family on Sunday, 6 May 2018 delivered its weekly dose of comedy. Last night’s airing sent Twitter into overdrive as dedicated watchers were at the ready to comment on nearly every minute of the show.

Here is the rundown of what happened:

This week’s episode of Date My Family took place in the East of Johannesburg in the Daveyton suburb.

The bachelor for this week was Yamkelo, a twenty-five-year-old singleton looking for love. Yamkelo is in his second year of university.

As per the show’s format, Yamkelo was given three potential date matches. However, he had to meet with each bachelorette’s respective family before he chose the lucky lady.

Yamkelo ended up choosing Lebogang to be his date.

However, viewers were more entertained by the antics of bachelorette number three’s group of friends.

Campbell Naomi

Yamkelo’s third date match was Natasha.

Natasha who is studying teaching, had Twitter users up in arms after her introductory video aired. Natasha described herself as a party-girl who likes to ‘mingle with new people’. She then went on to explain that people like her because she is ‘different’. This was how she described her look:

“[This is the] Naomi Campbell look. You hardly see it here in Mzansi.”

Here are a few of the comments from Twitter users:

@Rony_Jayy

Heheheh…if naomi Campbell was from wakanda😂😂😂 #datemyfamily

@sxoshzn

#DateMyFamily  I wonder what Americans think is happening in SA…Kanti we gave birth to Campbell Naomi today!

@ZeeHadebe07

Yaz i thought we as South Africans are going places kanti we have Campbell Naomi to worry about #DateMyFamily

But, it was Natasha’s ‘bestie’ Nathi who really got viewers going for the kill. One user summed Nathi up perfectly with this post:

@blumekatzchen

#DateMyFamily He looks like he’s got the right amount of drama we need tonight… RT if you feel it too 😂

Nathi did indeed prove to be just what viewers needed as he brazenly told Yamkelo that he would expect a ‘bestie allowance’ if Yamkelo were to choose Natasha.

Overall, Nathi’s character antics made him the star of the episode.

Satellite ears and Christmas chicken

Twitter was flooded with memes from the start of the first family date. The family served roast chicken for their dinner date with Yamkelo. However, it seemed that for some of the family it had been awhile since they had enjoyed a good piece of meat. Viewers had this to say:

@Iamanttonet

#DateMyFamily when you eat meat on Christmas only😁

@zenclaire29

Hayi gal the chicken is not going anywhere😂😂😂😂 #DateMyFamily

Further hilarity ensued during Yamkelo’s solo interview. One viewer noticed his rather prominent ears and soon the memes came flooding in.

These were some of the comments posted:

@NoChillMzansi

Probably watches TV with the volume on mute😂😂😂 #DateMyFamily
@iamVentWELL_SA

#DateMyFamily

Guys plz Stop tweeting Nonsense The guy can hear you.