Thusi in an interview with podcaster MacG, talked about her battle with being light-skinned.
She recounted burning her skin when she was a child for people to stop teasing her because she didn’t grow up around other light-skinned people, and also darkening her skin to fit in with the people around her.
She said; “I used to burn my skin when I was a child for people to stop teasing (me). I didn’t grow up around other light-skinned people.