Actress Pearl Thusi says women in the entertainment industry were dumbed down by the pressure to be 'IT Girls'.Actress and presenter Pearl Thusi says she feels the entertainment industry has been unfair to her and her peers by imposing the pressure of the “IT Girl” era on them and pitting them against each other.
By the “IT Girl era” she was referring to a period in the entertainment industry when a lot of women had to toe the line and fit a certain criteria. But now that things have changed to #Justbeyourself Pearl says she feels like they had been played.she hosted Nomuzi Mabena aka Moozlie, and at the beginning of their chat she opened up about it.
“I actually hate that IT Girl era. You were so cool to me and you were not subscribing to that thing. There was a new age of stars that came along and they didn’t subscribe to it. “I feel like myself, Minnie, Bonang, maybe even Zinhle — a lot of people — were just forced into this thing and we just wanted to be famous and be recognised for what we do.”“It hid a lot of parts of me that I wanted to show that I would have my management say you can’t show that, you will lose this client, and now it’s completely switched to, be yourself and I’m like, you guys played us, I feel so played.
Pearl started off in the industry as a presenter then went into acting and now has ventured into the hair and luxury alcohol businesses.