Zimbabweans react to Ellen DeGeneres being allowed in the country after Somizi’s ban. Social media users in Zimbabwe criticized their government for welcoming the United States talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Ross into their country after reportedly banning South African media personality Somizi Mhlongo because of his s.e.xual orientation in 2021.

DeGeneres announced on her Instagram account on Friday that she and her wife went on a safari in Zimbabwe, after recently traveling to Rwanda.

Zimbabweans questioned why their government allowed Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Ross to visit their country when Somizi Mhlongo reportedly got blocked last year for his sexual orientation.

Some revealed that DeGeneres was allowed to visit because of her race and others said she was allowed to visit because she’s richer than Mhlongo and wasn’t loud about her visit.

Because she's white…and yet you people preach one Africa hypocrites

— Nosunday pepe (@NosundayPepe) June 12, 2022

Cos they white pic.twitter.com/I0dIfjhMPn

— Braxo (@MakhakheMakoko) June 12, 2022

https://twitter.com/Mrs_CallMeK/status/1535949029338755072?s=20&t=C8yle7vZ0eNuRAKyC3Vkqw

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Mhlongo made headlines in November 2021 after he reportedly got banned by the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) who wrote to the president’s office and other ministries, including tourism and foreign affairs, saying:

So we banned @somizi from coming to Zim because he is gay but allowed Ellen DeGeneres and her wife in?? How does that even work?? I love my country but it can be exhausting. We gotta change.

— Tapiwa Munjoma (@TapiwaMunjoma) June 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/coconutThug/status/1535932743221227520?s=20&t=fM8LJjkqz0jWxiR0F9OBtg

https://twitter.com/PhoenixRise03/status/1535920017031700487?s=20&t=aHx8ZOY85-PteGRJBIAaNg

The same organisations (Zanu and that Mapostori Church) who made noise then should have made noise. I don't care about people's sexuality or how they choose to live their lives but I'm against double standards.

— Tapiwa Munjoma (@TapiwaMunjoma) June 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/mazowepapi/status/1535928443111714816?s=20&t=6fneN3T2s1RRgYx97joG0A

“Somizi is a homosexual, hence according to our people-driven constitution, Zimbabwe doesn’t tolerate homosexuality,” according to a local publication.

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