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Cape Town drag performer apologises for offending deaf community

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Well-known Cape Town drag star and comedian, Lilly Slaptsilli, is in hot water for a spoof video which angered the deaf community. In the video, which has since been removed from social media, Slaptsilli (aka Clive Allardyce) spoofed a sign language interpreter who appeared in one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s addresses on the Covid-19 crisis.

Slaptsilli, who was part of the long-running drag duo Mince and performs at venues in the Mother City, has been growing her following on social media with often hilarious videos.

This one, however, was deeply offensive to DeafSA, which represents the around 1.5 million South Africans who are culturally and linguistically deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind.

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