You messed with the wrong “44” Charlize – sharp-witted Afrikaaners have reacted to Theron’s scathing remarks about her mother tongue.
The stunning Benoni-born superstar ruffled plenty of feathers last week over her remarks about the Afrikaans language during an appearance on the SmartLess podcast.
The 47-year-old actress and producer addressed the topic of her mother tongue saying jokingly that ‘about 44 people still speak Afrikaans’, before calling it an ‘unhelpful language' . She then added insult to injury by saying the language is “dying out”.
This has set in motion a stream of commentary on social media mocking Theron and proving that the Afrikaans language is alive and kicking.
Twitter exploded in response and then came the memes and videos.
This clip was posted by Dark Matter Creative:
@darkmatter.creative Charlize Theron notified the world that there were only 44 Afrikaans speakers left in the world… this was their reponse. #fyp #charlizetheron #afrikaans ? original sound - darkmatter.creative
Theron has yet to respond to the furore.
