I appear bubbly on social media, I’m alone in real life – Phyna

Reality star and actress, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, recently spoke about her experience of feeling lonely due to a lack of friends.
In an interview with Doyin on her podcast tagged ‘Doyin’s Corner’, Phyna highlighted a disparity between her social media persona and her real-life connections, revealing that despite her lively presence online, she doesn’t actually have many friends in reality.

She explained: “I’m always lively on social media, but off-camera, I spend most of my time alone. I don’t have friends.”

She admitted that while she did have friends before, some distanced themselves after her time on the show, while others had expectations that she couldn’t meet.

She said: “I don’t have friends. Sometimes I stay a whole day and my phone wouldn’t ring. On social media I look bubbly but off camera, I’m always alone”.

Below are some reactions from netizens:

@afia__agyeiwaa: “Having too many friends is wahala on its own.”

@Karoluchi1: “Awww Phyna is so many of us oo.. Even those that think they’ve many friends are mostly alone innit.”

@JiEun_omma: “Having too much friends isn’t good either. Speaking on personal experience, I’d advise she gets on some of these chat sites and make pen friends from all walks of life, not just Nigerians, sometimes they actually make the best and most attentive friends.”

@LoriderJones: “I have no friends no boyfriends, my life is so weird and no one even calls me except my family, but am so happy that way.”

@cynthiajosh701: “I don’t have friends either. More friends more problems.”