Reality TV star, Tacha Akide, has revealed that she paid £5,000 (approximately N10.3 million) monthly as rent during her stay in the United Kingdom.
The former BBNaija housemate made the disclosure while speaking on the Honest Bunch podcast, where she shared her experiences living abroad.
According to Tacha, many people she knew in the UK were too busy with work to spend time with her when she visited, as they often had multiple shifts to complete. She added that her own experience came with significant expenses, particularly rent.
She said, “I’ve been called different types of names. I got disqualified from the reality TV show where people killed, killed a goat, killed like stuff. The people you call your friends are not like, when you travel, they’re not really your friends anymore. And you also have to understand because they probably have like three shifts.
“Like it literally was just me like living in one of the most expensive neighborhoods abroad, like we’re talking five thousand pounds a month. Like before you sleep, I wake up, it’s 30 days already, you’re like okay I have to start calculating.
“I know people that wanted me to travel abroad, like move to the UK. And when I came, they were too busy to even see me. And I understand because there, do you understand? You’re going to St. Louis, you’re going to Tesco, you’re going to like a superstore. You see someone lying down on the floor helplessly asking for cash. Like, can you give me one pound? Like, you’re seeing it happen for real, for real.
“It’s such a hard place where you don’t have uncles or aunties or parents or anybody understanding where you’re coming from because they also have a lot going on for them as well….”
