Rachel Kolisi has revealed she is “prepared” for divorce and has spoken out about her struggles with the Springbok captain's “terrible Siya” side.
Two-time World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi and Rachel announced their divorce last week, sparking speculation and suspicion on a frenzied social media pitch about broken dreams.
The once-golden South African couple issued a joint statement on October 22, saying their decision to go their separate ways was made after “much thought and frank discussion.” “Out of love and respect and an understanding that this is the right thing to do,” he said. It's the best path for both of us. ”
The public reacted to the news with “shock and horror.” Many enthusiastic fans expressed complete surprise, claiming they never expected something like this to happen…
But there seem to have been a lot of red flags over the years.
Rachel Kolisi talks about 'two sides' of divorce with Siya
In a new video that resurfaced on social media this week, Rachel mentions that she was “preparing for a divorce” some time ago.
In a video clip taken from Captain Bok's documentary, Rise: The story of Siya Kolisi In the show, which premiered on M-Net on February 26, 2023, the former fitness instructor's girlfriend expresses her dissatisfaction with Captain Bok's self-proclaimed wild ways..
The Kolisi Foundation CEO and South Africa's “First Lady of Rugby” at the time revealed the “two sides” of Siya that she had come to know over their eight years of marriage.
“I feel like there were two others. It was Siya, and then the scary Siya showed up. We were all set for divorce. It's over, it's over, it's over.”
In a biographical document, Siya confesses to a past of heavy drinking, a penchant for pornography and strip clubs, and a spending spree.
Siya explains in her book that it was at the beginning of 2019, during the World Cup, that Rachel convinced her to find a Christian mentor, Ben Schuman. He spoke frankly:
“Siya, you drink a lot, you flirt with women, you go to strip clubs. You post about your faith in Christ on social media, but you lie to yourself and others. ”
“I couldn’t give everything to my wife” – Siya Kolisi
According to Wedding ETC, Siya and Rachel became friends after meeting at a dinner party in Stellenbosch in 2012.
Eventually, he musters up the courage to ask her out on a date. I invited her to lunch and I told her then. She played hard to get it at first, but eventually conceded it too. ”
The couple married on August 13, 2016 in Franschhoek.
Also read: Kolisi Shock: A timeline of how Siya and Rachel's marriage unfolded
In a candid Daily Mail interview with Welsh rugby player Dan Biggar at the Kolisi family home in Paris in November 2023, the Bok captain revealed that he and Rachel had had to go to marriage counseling in the past. He revealed.
“I had to go to marriage counseling because I couldn't give my whole self to my wife, because my heart was so painful and I didn't know how to talk to her,” Siya reportedly said. .
Mzansi responded, “That's harsh.''
Reacting to the latest clip posted by Tonitons on TikTok, netizens were divided between supporting “Team Rachel” and “Team Siya.”
Unsubstantiated claims were made that Siya was a “womanizer”, with some taking to social media platforms to express their disappointment at the rugby star's “guilt”.
Jan Henderson said: “'Terrible Siya'…that's harsh. You can never blame someone when a marriage fails. It always takes two…always! It's so sad when they divorce, even though they have children 💔 No need to criticize!!!”
user224605634 asked: “So she did all this before telling the world she was getting divorced? Maybe Siya is innocent!”
treniy21 shared: “Siya Kolisi who played with women can't be innocent. Go and read his book. That girl tried to play Bekezera. Your brother doesn't want to grow up, so it's not for her. It was too heavy.”
Andy exclaimed. “Ah! As crazy as you all are about him these days, you will swear that Siya committed the murder. Ngati nje kutiwe [I just said it]a skull was found in his refrigerator. ”
Jay stated: “Read the book. You'll see that Siya thought she was the greatest person of all time.”
Rachel Kolisi talks about the challenges of marriage to rugby star
On the other hand, Rachel's comments last month were: African CEO The title of the podcast episode is Rachel Kolisi: How to direct your lifehas emerged.
In addition to speaking about her role as co-founder of the Kolisi Foundation with Siya and advocating for women's empowerment and social justice, Rachel also opened up about the challenges of marrying the star rugby player.
“From the beginning, we've always had situations where he's been away for one, two, three, four months at a time, and you learn to kind of accept that.
“I have friends whose husbands travel for three days, and they say to me, 'I don't know how the hell they do this, this is insane.'”
“There's a lot of nonsense.”
She also hinted that when Siya is with her family, Siya's attention is often elsewhere.
They have two children, Nicholas Siyamutanda and Keziah, and after their mother passed away in 2009, they generously welcomed Siya's younger brothers, Liema and Refelo, into the family.
“There’s a lot of nonsense out there…I think just being on the phone is the most inappropriate and most disrespectful thing people can do.
“It's a whole different situation when you have really important business coming up or your kids have an emergency or you're trying to solve something, but when you're with someone and you're sitting down and there's something like Instagram, it's a completely different situation. It's like it affects your nerves.”
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