Hollywood actress Taraji P Henson has come out and shared her admiration for South Africa’s own Nandi Madida.
After she stunned audiences during her cameo on Beyonce’s Black is King, Nandi Madida has found herself receiving plaudits from across the globe. International superstars have hailed the multi-talented entertainer for both her natural beauty, as well as her performance in the African-themed visual story. The latest person to show our Queen Nandi some love is Empire star, Taraji P Henson.
Taraji shows love to Nandi Madida again
This isn’t the first time that Taraji P Henson has showered the Say U Will singer with love. She first praised Nandi back in September, a few weeks after Black is King officially dropped. At the time, the American film and TV star went all the way to Nandi’s Instagram page just to write, “Saw You in Black Is King” and an excited Nandi replied by sharing her mutual admiration for the actress.
This time around, it was Nandi’s new hairdo that caught Taraji’s imagination. The mother-of-two showed off her new, bright pink natural haircut which was adorned by colourful triangles all across her head. Taraji could not help but admire the artistic cut and she shared several in-love emojis in the comments section below Nandi’s Instagram post. Something tells us these two are not going to stop showing love to one another any time soon!
SA stars with Hollywood BFFs
Nandi Madida has definitely taken Hollywood by storm and she’s not the only South African celebrity who has made an impression Stateside. In fact, over the past few years a number of Mzansi’s biggest stars have built lasting friendships with America’s most famous faces.
Here are just a few:
Pearl Thusi and Gabrielle Union
Pearl Thusi found herself mingling in the same circles as some of America’s most famous stars, one of whom was Gabrielle Union. The Queen Sono star hung out with the Think Like a Man actress after a basketball game.
While you so jealous of Pearl Thusi Gabriel Union is singing her praises #QueenSonoNetflix pic.twitter.com/tZDtUEQXjT
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Tbo Touch and Floyd Mayweather
Tbo Touch has a wide network of American friends including famous boxer, Floyd Mayweather. The two regularly keep in touch and Touch has been seen attending a number of his friend’s fights.
49-0 The Best Ever my brother @FloydMayweather thank you for a great experience pic.twitter.com/zgAwXIWTNa
— Tbo Touch (@iamtbotouch) September 13, 2015
Ayanda Thabethe and Kim Kardashian
Ayanda and Kim’s friendship blossomed into life this Halloween after her reenactment of a classic Kardashians picture went viral and caught the superstar’s attention. Kim could not hide her admiration for the presenter.
Chatting with @KimKardashian on DM has to be the highlight of my whole year!!! When she posted the pic on her stories , I sent her the video too … I seriously love her more than I did if that’s even possible. This is wild!!! So so so happy.
