How do we know? She was kind enough to tweet and let us know:
@MsSarahPaulson I've got some bad news Pauly. I'm now in South Africa so I'm even farther away than you thought! It's a travesty!!!
— Gabourey Sidibe (@GabbySidibe) July 24, 2014
Ok, so the tweet wasn’t to us but rather her American Horror Story co-star Sarah Paulson, but we totes saw it so basically the same thing. JK
OMG, SHE ALSO JUST TWEETED THIS:
What up Capetown, South Africa? I'm all up in you! #MothaLand pic.twitter.com/lkiJdB0NiW
— Gabourey Sidibe (@GabbySidibe) July 24, 2014
Fun little celeb fact: Gabourey Sidibe is half-Senegalese and has been to the continent before.
IMDB simply says that the production is a comedy centred around the following plot line: "A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother."
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