Somizi Mhlongo took to social media to tell the story of his upbringing with his fans, the celebrity stressed-out that he came out from a poor background.

While he might be balling now, Somizi did not grow up with near as many luxuries as he has now.

Taking to social media with a video explaining his upbringing, Somizi highlighted that he was already doing TV when he was just in primary school.

Somizi shares the story of his ‘poor’ upbringing

Somizi was the only child in the group of young stars who attended a township school. Somizi was so nervous to reveal where he came from that he did not even give his real name.

“They used to fetch us in a Kombi to take us to set…so I was like the only child in the car out of like eight kids who went to Bantu/Black or township school.”

“As we driving they start talking, they were introducing each other…and I thought to myself never, I am not going to say I am Somizi… and I said my name is Capri, I immediately thought of my star sign. Capri is taken from Capricon.”

Somizi encourages people to share their hardships, Somizi went on to reveal that he even walked past his home when getting dropped off so that no one saw the small house that he lived in.

“We used to accompany each other, so I would be the first one to say goodbye because they carry on and I would turn left into my street my home where I was born was the third house from the corner so they could see it. So I went further and passed my home because I was embarrassed and ashamed. I would walk towards a big house.”

Somizi ended off by stating that the reason he shared his story is in the hopes of helping someone else who is going through something similar. Somizi encouraged others to share their hardships too.