{"id":28896,"date":"2019-01-29T15:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T13:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sa\/?p=28896"},"modified":"2019-01-29T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T13:20:53","slug":"pearl-thusi-unveiled-as-roast-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/pearl-thusi-unveiled-as-roast-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Thusi unveiled as roast master"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pearl Thusi has been unveiled as the roast master of\u00a0<em>The Comedy Central Roast of AKA.\u00a0<\/em>She is known for dishing out shade with boldness and will thus drive the panel of ten roasters when AKA takes the hot seat.<\/p>\n<p>She becomes Comedy Central&#8217;s first female roast master in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m very excited to be the Roast Master and to work with Comedy Central for the first time. 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