‘I want my son!’ Jub Jub responds to Kelly Khumalo's deadbeat dad accusations

South African TV presenter and musician, Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye, recently took to Instagram to address Kelly Khumalo, the mother of his child, to reprimand her for discussing him on podcasts, specifically regarding his alleged lack of child support.

He shared multiple videos, sharing that Khumalo’s allegations about him are incorrect, she must stop painting him in a bad light, and he does want to be involved in their child, Christian’s life.

“I’ve been looking at a lot of social media posts and comments and stuff about what the mother of my child has been saying about me. I don’t understand what exactly you’re trying to do, but firstly, I would like to thank you for raising up my boy at the time I couldn't, when I was locked up.”

In October, Khumalo made headlines after appearing on L-Tido's podcast, where she said that she has had to carry the responsibility of raising her children without much support from their fathers.

“I have never received any support, even financially,” Kelly said. “They are all useless – well, except for one, Senzo Meyiwa. If he were here, trust me, he would have been hands-on and responsible,” she shared.

Jub Jub first started by thanking Khumalo for being present in their child’s life when he was in prison, before stating that he now wants to be a part of his life.

“I would like to thank you for being present when I was not there and when I was still trying to get up on my feet,” he said.

He said that the singer should stop speaking badly about him and claiming that he is a deadbeat and useless father to their son. 

“However, I don’t like what you are doing; don’t do that. Don’t lie about me and assassinate my character.

“Stop saying that when you look at the boy, he reminds you of me. So you look at him with anger?” 

He added that even though he wants to take the legal route in order to be involved in his son’s life, he does not want him to go through that.

He said that he has tried to involve the family to talk to Khumalo, so that she can allow him to see their son, but nothing has happened.

“Don’t say I am a deadbeat dad, you go to these podcasts, you talk about me, and it’s going to be a trending topic that I must support my child.

“Don’t do that! So many times I wanted to pay damages, so many times I’ve wanted to do the right thing, the traditional way, but you’ve been locking me up,” he said.

The rapper further added that he has been sending gifts to their child every year since he was in prison for Christmas, birthdays and New Year's, so the claims that he is a deadbeat from Khumalo are false.