Big Brother Naija former housemate, Tacha Akide, has disclosed that she once paid £5,000 (around N10.3 million) per month for rent while residing in the United Kingdom.
Speaking on the Honest Bunch podcast, the reality star reflected on her time abroad, explaining that the high cost of living and the busy schedules of friends made her stay both expensive and isolating.
According to Tacha, many of the people she knew in the UK were constantly working multiple shifts and couldn’t make time to see her. She noted that her biggest expense was rent, which she paid for a home in one of the country’s most expensive neighbourhoods.
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“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….”
