British travel star, Karl Pilkington has a new five part series of An Idiot Abroad, titled “The Moaning of Life,” which sees him traveling around the world to gain advice on how to find happiness and enjoy his success. Standard Karl stuff, really.

For the South African episode in the series, Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant set Pilkington up with ex-convict and would-be playboy, Kenny Kunene, and ex-convict business partner, Gayton McKenzie.

Kenny Kunene with Khanyi Whatshername

The episode required Pilkington to explore whether “a luxurious, extravagant lifestyle, driven by conspicuous spending and consumption, could satisfy him.”

So, obviously McKenzie took Pilkington to Mitchell’s Plain to sell snoek.

They called it ‘the hustle’. Buying fish at a lower price, selling it for more. Back home, hustle’s not a word we use. I didn’t know what it meant.

The fish theme continued shortly thereafter, when Karl was offered sushi to eat off the body of a bikini’d model. Needless to say, Karl refused, and Kenny was confused.

Karl just doesn’t have a sense of what money does for you. His show is so successful, but he still drives the same old car he bought 20 years ago. I don’t know why he makes his money if he doesn’t know how to enjoy it.

And then Karl dropped the truth-bomb.

Kenny has all these cars and things, and that’s what I’m looking at on this programme: money, and what money does to you. Does it really bring all the happiness people think it does?

That’s how he is. He believes if you’ve got it, spend it. I’m not like that at all. I don’t know what he’s got. He might not have any money, the way he spends it. He was trying to sell me that lifestyle of fast cars and champagne, but I don’t like champagne. It gives me heartburn.

It’s all like a music video: fast cars, champagne, women in pools, that sort of thing. It’s meant to be a dream, but it’s not my dream. To me, it’s a bit of a nightmare.

We love you, Karl. We love you, lots.

[Source: Channel24, YouTube]