Mixed reactions to Bonang hosting the MTV MAMAs - fans call for Phat Joe

The announcement that Bonang Matheba will be taking over from Trevor Noah as host of the MTV MAMAs has been met with mixed reaction.

Ever since MTV made the announcement earlier on Friday morning‚ fans have set Twitter ablaze with conflicting opinions over the broadcaster’s decision.

Some fans are unimpressed by MTV’s decision to replace Trevor with Bonang and have been calling for radio personality Phat Joe to host the awards show instead.

The influx of comments have led to Phat Joe topping the Twitter trends list.

>https://twitter.com/NexusLevy/status/789356809719078914?ref–src=twsrc%5Etfw

Trevor took to Twitter on Friday morning to apologise to fans for the disappointment.

>https://twitter.com/Trevornoah/status/789330372676825088?ref–src=twsrc%5Etfw

The highly-anticipated music awards show takes place on Saturday at the Ticketpro Dome.

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