Reality TV star and media personality Tacha Akide has strongly defended a woman who publicly criticized a man for taking her phone number at a restaurant but failing to pay for her food.
In a video shared online, Tacha supported the woman’s reaction, arguing that men should be willing to “impress” when initiating contact with a lady.
Tacha argued that since the lady could afford her own meal, the man should have been capable of paying for both meals if he truly intended to initiate a connection. She criticized what she called a new trend of “wokeness” where men avoid such gestures.
Tacha said:
“You see this girl right here? I am standing with her ten toes. Why? Because as a man, you need to be able to impress. If you’re not going to impress, I’m sorry, just keep your distance. For this girl to be at the restaurant, obviously she does have cash to pay for her food. And if you’re going to approach her, ask for her number, you should be able to at least pay for your own food and pay for her own food. And you must do it now.”
She drew a comparison to the animal kingdom to emphasize her point:
“What is this new wokeness you people are trying to just push? Let me just make it clear that you men, no matter how angry you decide to stand, you are not going to stop women from being women. You will not do it because even animals impress. Go and watch Nat Geo Wilde. You’re going to see the bird bringing food to the female bird, performing, dancing with his friends, and if she’s not impressed enough, she’s going to fly off. So if birds can clock it, how about you? How can you not clock it?”
Tacha concluded with a warning to men who are unwilling to spend:
“You need to be able to impress as a man. And if you’re not going to do so, if you don’t have any intent to do so, keep your distance, be on your mobile phone, don’t speak to nobody if you don’t want to spend money.”
Watch video below…
stop gaslighting women! https://t.co/jBhAUnlvni pic.twitter.com/Q1hSZAYeKV
— TACHA🔱🇬🇭 🇳🇬 (@Symply_Tacha) December 11, 2025