Why If We're Friends, I Won't Attend Your Anniversary or Children's Birthday - Jim Iyke

Nollywood actor Jim Iyke is one of the most revered and one of the most famouos actors in the Nigerian movie industry. But for those who want to become good friends with the actor, get ready, because there are some things Jim Iyke is saying you shouldn't expect. In an interview with Teju Babyface, Jim Iyke opened up about his outlook on friendship and things one shouldn't expect from him. Here's what Jim Iyke said.

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Speaking about his outlook on friendship, Jim Iyke revealed saying:

JIM IYKE: We don’t hang around emotions. We don’t have time for it. That’s why I can’t be friends with everybody. I need somebody that won’t be hung up on my last act. I’m too transitional for it. My propensity for growth is at an alacrity that you can’t keep up with.

Who I was yesterday is different from who I am today. So it’s not everybody that can keep up with that. I need somebody that I won’t call for 10 weeks and he is not in his feelings. There’s a time I didn’t call [my friend] for 4 months and he didn’t call me either. We don’t have to. But when we call, it’s value.

I don’t want a friend that I am in your life every day. It’s never going to work because I will never show up for your kid’s birthday. You will find me wanting at your anniversary. When you have certain issues I might not be the one to reach.

But I tell you, when you call me and I sense that it’s not even a function of what you tell me, I sense that you need me, I’m going to move every mountain. So you decide the kind of friends you want.

Reacting to Jim Iyke's revelation, a number of people had a lot to say on social media. One person said "I completely agree with him though I show up on my friends' special days." while another said "Why him no go show? Na cultist?" and another person said "Me too, I don’t know how to make friends. I wonder who’ll attend my wedding 😀"

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