Zimbabwean international Gabriel Nyoni’s wife appeared to take show boating a step too far after sharing a photo of the player with large amounts of South African rand notes in front of him on social media, a move which was met with a lot of backlash.

The Maritzburg United forward’s better half, Chivaraidzo Mukome, took a picture of Nyoni with thousands of rand notes on a table and shared it on social media.

The picture circulated on the internet like veld fire and Zimbabweans voiced their disapproval of the photo.

Realising that the situation was getting out of hand, Chivaraidzo posted a public apology with the photo on her Twitter account.

“Apologies 2 my husband @Gab_nyoni27 & everyone affected by this Pic which z nw circulating on social media.I tuk him when he was counting money fo his young sister’s operation which z due tomorrow & send 2 a relative showing her how happy we were 2 finally got e money fo the operation,” read the message.

However, it seemed to have been a case of too little too late for the former Caps United striker’s wife, as the Zimbabwean Twitter community was in a not so forgiving mood.

“Learn to humble yourself. Think b4 you act my sister,” said one Twitter follower.

“Women always wanna show everything to the world everything goes with the click of the camera be careful mamomncane not everyone likes you,” tweeted another.

While another advised Chivaraidzo against such ‘careless’ actions for her husband’s safety.

“You put your husband’s life at risk. We all know South Africans & their history of armed robberies. Please be humble & continue to live your life as if you are in Zim (bond notes),” he said.