I-bommer kunye neHollys kunye iminyaka emithandathu. Esi sibini siphakamisa oonyana abathathu: abadala kwezi yiminyaka eyi-8, kunye namakhwenkwe angamawele kwi-6 kwi-6 kudliwanondlebe, uMat aqinisekisile ukuba ngo-2011, batshata ngokusemthethweni ngo-2011. Umdlali weqonga naye wathetha ngomsebenzi wakhe omtsha-indima ye-gay, isigulana se-AIDS, kwifilimu yeTV kwi-TVTEM "Intliziyo yesiqhelo" kwi-Larry Kramer.
"Bendingayi kuba nelungelo elingaphezulu njengokuba ndinalo ngoku ukuba akukho bantu banjengoLarry, utshilo uBhurethi. -Ndifuna ukuthatha inxaxheba kule projekthi nakweyiphi indima. Kwaye andinamsebenzi ukuba inkulu kangakanani. Xa ndiqala ukufunda umdlalo, ndandingazi kakhulu. Ewe, ndiye ndayibona icala lam. Ndiye ndaba nolwalamano lothando namantombazana, kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwiminyaka eli-14. Kwaye lo mdlalo wothusa nje umhlaba wam. Esi sisibongozo esimangalisayo sesenzo. "
Ngenxa yendima kwifilimu, uMat kufuneka aphulukane nobunzima ziikhilogramu ezingama-20. Ewe, wayehleli kwisidlo sokusela phantsi kweliso logqirha. Kwiintsuku ezili-14, i-bomer isebenzise amanzi kuphela, iijusi, iti nokucoca iziyobisi zomzimba. Ukwadibana naye kunye naye kunye neqabane lakhe ngokwefilimu "Mike" uMateyu McConaja, kwiKlabhu yabaThengi be "Dallas" elahlekileyo 25 kg. "Undifowunele kwaye echaza ngokweenkcukacha ngezinto awayeza kuzo," uMat waxelela. "Yayinobubele kakhulu kuye, kodwa ndakhetha indlela eyahlukileyo."