This show has been shocking from the start. It has nothing on Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, where the kids are followed as though it’s a badly thought out soapie. Rich Kids of SA is like watching an episode of Cribs, just minus seven bedrooms, three cars and the olympic swimming pool that changes colour at the flick of a button. I mean, did anyone watch the first episode? His parents bought him the watch! If you’re going to be a rich kid, you’re using the diamond encrusted credit card that your parents gave you at birth. You don’t have daddy take you shopping.

If you saw last weeks episode, you’ll be asking even more questions about the show. It featured a kid named Aleks from Angola, who can spend R300k on clothes in 15 minutes but who doesn’t own a car. Come on. That’s not for real.

Apparently people’s suspicions rose after viewers didn’t get a tour of Aleks’ house, which is usually the first thing that happens.

In the episode we saw Aleks go for a massage at the super-swanky Radisson Blu hotel in Sandton, go shopping (twice – he allegedly spent R300k in 15 minutes), get a tattoo and, of course, pop bottles at a trendy club.

But, soon after airing the episode, Andy Dlamini, one of the characters on Rich Kids, took to Twitter explaining what really went down. Apparently some vans rocked up at Andre’s (another Rich Kid) house, ready to film Aleks, except Aleks is not there. When Aleks finally arrives he has to beg Andy to accompany him to the spa at the Radisson Blu, and also explains to them that he “hasn’t got much to show”…

 But wait! The plot thickens. Aleks replied on Twitter a few days later:

Good grief. So he actually has no money and is on Rich Kids?

According to Vuzu AMP they will not be repeating the episode and are “currently engaging with all parties involved to establish the veracity of the claims made”.

I don’t know if we should actually even care.

[Source: TimesLive and The Sowetan]