Sadly, K.O. and Uncle Waffles left the BET Awards, which were held on June 25 in Los Angeles, empty-handed. Mzansi is pleased that Burna Boy, not Uncle Waffles, took home the BET Awards award.
According to BET, Burna Boy won the award for Best International Act, for which K.O. and Uncle Waffles were nominated. The Afrobeat star has already won in the same category in 2019 and 2021, so it wasn’t his first time.
@AdvoBarryRoux shared the news, and the comments section was messy because of how he captioned the post. He took aim at Uncle Waffles, saying:
“Swaziland’s finest DJ Lungelihle Zwane also known as Uncle Waffles lost the BET best international act to the African Giant Burna Boy. #BETAwards #BetAwards2023”
The fact that Uncle Waffles represented her native Swaziland at the BET Awards infuriated many people, and they decided to drag her. Peeps asserted that she would have won the Best International Act award had she competed on behalf of South Africa. Swazilandians stood up for Uncle Waffles, refusing to let their own down.
@umalambane_zn : “Kuyafana mos even if she had won le award, beyizohlala ku King Mswati.”
@__tshwarelo : “If she represented South Africa, we would’ve bought the award for her “ @Disguys99 : “This is some form of xenophobia.”
@tabytia : “To best honest, she didn’t have a chance of winning that award #BETAwards”
@PresleyPhethani : “I wish this could happen every two weeks or monthly.”
@Zandy_Nhlabathi : “She is still Swati, and we are proud of her.”
@shirz_01 also : “So her country, with a population of 10, did not vote for her?”
