The year 2022 ended on a low note for actor Vuyo "Mse' Ngcukana after Ferguson Films announced that, telenovela The Queen would be coming to an end. The production company confirmed the announcement after many rumours started circulating on the internet. "Today marks the final episode of a show that's very dear to my heart The Queen. It's such a bittersweet moment for me. Sad that it's coming to an end but also grateful for the opportunity to produce close to 6.5 seasons of a show that gave the young black producer the courage to say, It is possible.' Connie Ferguson shared in a statement on 13 January 2023.

NO JOB?

The show coming to an end meant that many cast and crew members would be left without jobs. One of the actors said to be struggling to get a role is Vuyo, who played the role of truck-depo worker and bisexual toyboy on the telenovela, Schumacher. "When the show came to an end, he was miserable,' a close friend tells ZiMoja. "He has been struggling to find another steady job. He is a good-looking oke, but looks don't always count.' The friend says that at the height of his career on The Queen, Vuyo wasn't the nicest person. "Let's be real, he was arrogant. He was not nice to people. He thought he made it. But we are his friends, we are in a different industry, and we don't really care about celebrities. We just want him to get a new job. But we also understand that things are tough.' After leaving the show, the friend says he has not queued up at auditions like his peers. "Once you're on a big show like The Queen, it's difficult to go and sit outside a casting room again and be called with the other 100 wannabes, like you did when starting out.'

NO GIRLFRIEND

Not only that, Vuyo has removed all the pictures of his girlfriend and actress Renate Stuurman from his social media and she has done the same. "Another close friend of Vuyo says the two broke up about a month ago. "He cheated. One of the friends told me that, but I don't believe it, he was too in love,' the friend says. "But Renate has gone to see some friends in Cape Town to cool off from the hectic Joburg life and the breakup. She values herself. She was in a relationship of over 10 years before she met Vuyo, so there's no way, she would stick around where she is not valued. But we hope they get back together, they were good together. His kids even met her.'