Yi le hayi okokuqala UMendes akabhalwanga nto kwiintombi zakhe, u-Esmeralda (6) no-Amada (4) abelana nabo. URyan Gosling . NgoMeyi ophelileyo, uMendes ubonise umphumo we-avant-garde yesicelo sabo sokwenza izimonyo. Ngoxa uMendes wayegqunywe ngepeyinti yobuso obupinki nobumfusa, wathi, 'Ndilahlekelwe lulawulo endandinalo.' Wawulandela loo mfanekiso kwiiveki ezimbalwa emva koko enemifanekiso enemibala ngakumbi ebusweni bakhe, echaza nje, 'Baphumelele.'
I Hitch Inkanyezi ithathe ikhefu elifuneka kakhulu ekulingiseni ukusukela ekuveleni kwayo Umlambo olahlekileyo ngo-2014, kwaye ebesebenzisa elo xesha ukuba alichithe nabantwana bakhe.
Xa fan uhlomle kwesinye sezithuba zakhe ngoJanuwari ka-2020, ebuza ukuba uza kudlala nini na kwiifilimu ezingakumbi, uMendes waphendula wathi, 'Xa kukho into efanelekileyo yokwahlukana nayo. Njengomama ngoku, zininzi iindima endingayi kuzenza. Kukho imiba emininzi endingafuniyo ukubandakanyeka kuyo, ngoko ke iyanciphisa ukhetho lwam kwaye ndilungile ngaloo nto. Ndimele ndimisele umzekelo kwiintombi zam ngoku.' Nangona kunjalo, wabaqinisekisa abalandeli ukuba akazukunyamalala ngokupheleleyo, esithi, 'Kodwa ungakhathazeki, ndineengxaki ezithile. Hayi! Enkosi ngokubuza.'
Nangona isibini sithanda ukugcina iinkcukacha zobomi beentombi zabo phantsi kwe-wraps, uMendes uxelele Imagazini ye-Oprah , 'Ngokuqinisekileyo siyabukhuthaza ubugcisa. Kukho iikhrayoni kwigumbi ngalinye kwaye kusoloko kukho iphepha elifumanekayo ukuze badale. Ndicinga nje ukuba kuhle kakhulu ukuba abantwana ngabadali bendalo, kwaye kunjalo, nabo. Bafuna nje ukwenza izinto, nto leyo epholileyo. Ndikweso sigaba ngoku.'
Ngokuqinisekileyo banamagcisa ambalwa ezandleni zabo.
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