Popular life coach, Solomon Buchi, has reacted after multiple women exposed chats where he begged them for money.
Recall that last week, the socialite took to his social media page to advise men to steer clear of broke women whom he says would drain them of everything they have.
Following this advice, a handful of women had shared screenshots of chats where Buchi supposedly asked them for money.
Days after this, Buchi has taken to social media to debunk some allegations made against him as false.
According to him, he never opened a GoFundMe account for his wedding but had opened a cash wedding registry account which he says he had to open after multiple people asked him to do so in a Q and A session he held on Instagram.
While addressing screenshots of chats showing him asking for money, he stated that they were old chats from his ‘hellish’ days; days when he was struggling and had opened up to people with whom he felt safe.
See his full statement below:
“The news that I started a GoFundMe for my wedding is a bogus claim. For anyone that follows me, you’ll know this. I opened a cash wedding registry after multiple people asked during a Q and A I did on my stories. A cash wedding registry is not GoFundMe and it doesn’t mean that people are funding the wedding. The fact that it was engineered to suit the narrative of me starting a wedding GoFundMe is ridiculous. There’s a caveat that nobody is obliged to give; no coercion or entitlement. This is an orthodox practice that has even become more popular in the digital space.”
“The news that I started a GoFundMe for my wedding is a bogus claim. For anyone that follows me, you’ll know this. I opened a cash wedding registry after multiple people asked during a Q and A I did on my stories. A cash wedding registry is not GoFundMe and it doesn’t mean that people are funding the wedding.
The fact that it was engineered to suit the narrative of me starting a wedding GoFundMe is ridiculous. There’s a caveat that nobody is obliged to give; no coercion or entitlement. This is an orthodox practice that has even become more popular in the digital space.
I receive gifts from people who I am friends with, and who follow me, unsolicited and solicited. I have had many position themselves as people who love my content so much and would do anything to support me, so when they create that space, I open up.
Some outrightly promise me stuff and I follow up on them. Sometimes I also talk about things I want as a creative and people who belong to my community will give towards it. All these were done willingly and I’m always open about this. I had cases of a few persons I thought were friends and could be open with, selling me out. That’s all on me, however, I decided to make this rejoinder for people who genuinely care to hear from me, and are maybe in oblivion, and I am here holding candour in high regard.
I have gleaned lessons from this. It is aching because I wouldn’t try to keep screenshots of people I helped years ago to shame and weaponize it against them. It’s easy to jump on the bandwagon until you’re in it where your confidentiality is fashioned as an arsenal against you. By the way, my post about not dating broke women expressly classified them as “women who don’t want to work but want soft life…” that’s a lazy woman who loves living ostentatiously. I should have stated it plainly. I take responsibility for letting my passion smear the tone of the post and I apologize to hardworking women who found it triggering.
Moving On And Thank You.”
