I'm not going to mention any names, but guess on what game show, shown on one of the public broadcaster's 3 TV channels, did a very sick contestant, in an episode that was broadcast during last week, threaten to throw up during the recording? A reliable source knowledgeable with the complete matter tells me that at the time the episode was recorded, the producers who kept the cameras rolling, refused to let the poor contestant leave who asked if he could be excused since he felt like he's going to throw up.
What happened was this: The very hungry contestant from a very small coastal town bought a pie at a tuck shop at the SABC. In no way am I implicating any SABC tuck shop in daring to sell or causing vomit-inducing ''feel it, it's here'' food, but while waiting after he'd eaten the pie and for the recording to start, the contestant started to feel intensely nauseaous as well as severe stomach cramps.
I'm told the contestant approached producers and said he's feeling bad but was told ''the show is going to begin you can't leave now''. While he took part in the show a source who spoke to the contestant afterwards tells me the contestant informed the insider that he felt like vomiting several times but - and here's the hilarious ugly part - ''felt it rise in his throat while he stood in the spotlights but constantly swallowed it back''. The contestant complained of intense stomach pains to the level where he struggled to stand upright while taking part in the game show. The presenter of the show did talk to the contestant afterwards to ask him if he's alright but that wasn't when he actually needed support from the production.
