Former Scandal actress Nomvelo Makhanya who played the most loved role of Lindiwe Ngema Maseko has spoken out alleging that Scandal! had become toxic for her.

The SAFTA award-winning actress made the shocking revelation in a video on social media about the ‘truths’ for her exit from the show.

Her last appearance on the show was on the 10th of November as she died on the show.

In the video she revealed that exiting the show wasnt even her idea she was written off.

“I’ve been the one that’s been catching all the f*cken smoke … It wasn’t me guys, it wasn’t my choice. They wrote me off, that’s the truth … It was God’s plan though, I’m going to tell you that for real.

 

 

 

 

She however continued making more claims that she also wanted to leave but didnt know how as the work environment was unbearable for her.

She was even ‘praying’ to leave.

“I’ve been praying … I’ve been wanting to leave that place … For me it was something I had really been praying about so when it finally happened it really felt like God was removing me from the toxic environment. I probably would have killed myself. There was a 90% chance. That’s how toxic that place was.”

Responding to the claims Scandal claimed they had no idea that’s how the actress felt. They said they didn’t know that their environment had gotten toxic for the actress or any other actor for that matter.

“The exit of the Lindiwe Maseko – Ngema character was purely dictated by story, the character had run its course on the show and therefore as the producers and writing team of the show we ended the character journey to allow us opportunities to explore other avenues as storytellers.

Ending characters is always bitter sweet for us as production especially with an actor like Nomvelo Makhanya because she grow up in the show but it also gives us opportunity for new stories for the future and new opportunities for remaining cast members.” read the statement.