South African actor Hlomla Dandala has now revealed the real reason why he left 1Magic telenovela The River.

The actor left the soapie last month and cause a debate on social media.

After his exit two more actors including Lawrence Maleka and Tango Ncetezo also left the show.

 

 

 

Photo of Muvhango: Mpho turns into a frog
Muvhango: Mpho turns into a frog
Now Hlomla has finally spoken out on the real reason why he left the show so abruptly.

“It was time. Generally, what tends to happen in any career is that if you stay in a character for long enough, it then becomes difficult to pivot away from it or to be perceived in any other way,” said the actor.

Hlomla was acting as Zweli Dikana on the soapie since the beginning now he’s going to die on the show.

Fans have now taken to twitter commenting on the issue on what they thought.

@ChatWithNelo said: “It took him over 2 minutes to say the writing was horrible.”