By Paul Nyathi | Zodwa Wabantu may have a younger man in her life but she says that doesn’t mean she’s a sugar mama financing her man’s lavish lifestyle.

The dancer told SABC TV programme, “Afternoon Express” this week that the couple knew each other for some time and used to share their money in the past.

However‚ Zodwa made it clear that she would not tolerate commentary that her new-found fame meant that her man could sit on his bum and spend her money.

“I have a Ben 10. I am happy. He is not a (typical) Ben 10. He works… at the bank. You say he is eating my money. No‚ I don’t have money. I have known him for four years. We would eat a R100 together and we would survive on that.”

She said that she preferred to date younger men because she was not looking for love or butterflies in her stomach‚ but companionship.

Zodwa also added that she doesn’t like it when people refer to he boyfriend as a “Ben 10” because of the negative connotations attached to it.

“Look, that man respects me and he loves me. I know people think he’s with me for the money but no, that man makes me happy. I’m in that space where all I care about is being happy, and he does it. I actually don’t want the Ben 10 tag for him because people associate it with bad things. My man is not with me for that kind of thing, we are just being happy together.”