“No it doesn’t feel right”
Imagine a friend gifting you with R1 million because you did him a solid. In this economy, many would jump at the opportunity and take that money. But

Somizi Mhlongo declined the million, leaving the viewers shocked.

 

 

 

 

In the latest episode of Living The Dream with Somizi, the media personality revealed that a friend offered him R1 million but he had to turn it down because ‘it did not feel right.’

Founder of

Bathu sneakers, Theo Baloyi received some major help from Somizi Mhlongo after he posted his sneakers on Instagram. Theo asked Somizi to ‘promote’ Bathu to his audience by posting the shoes. But Somizi said he would not do that because he simply does not want to.“He gave me a pair of shoes and wanted me to wear them and post them. I said ‘no I’m not going to post them’. I hate when people tell me to post,” said Somizi.He said after receiving the pair of shoes he did not wear them for like 3 months but when he did, he posted a picture of himself wearing the shoes on Instagram.When he did, Bathu sales skyrocketed and it was all thanks to the Idols SA judge, “So I took the pair of shoes didn’t wear it for like three months.

Then wore it, Theo used to probably like sell 1000 sneakers or 500 sneakers per month, if that. Since then… sales.”Theo then asked Somizi to come to his office so he could be thanked in person. He apparently offered Somizi R1 million which he turned down.“I go to Theo’s office, Theo says ‘I want to thank you, you’ve made my brand big’ …Theo gives me R1 million cash. I say to Theo, no it doesn’t feel right, I reject… I haven’t worked for this money it’s yours,” shared Somizi.You would think because of his financial woes, Somizi would jump at the opportunity to receive a free million. He revealed that