In a candid interview on Kumasi’s Angel FM with Nana Kwaame Adjei Bohyen, veteran Kumawood actor Agya Koo revealed a side of his personal life seldom seen: his deep preference for solitude and his difficulty with forming friendships. He admitted that, despite his fame and long career in the Ghanaian film industry, the only person he ever truly regarded as a friend is his fellow actor Akrobeto.
Agya Koo explained that his inclination for being alone dates back to his early childhood. “Since I was young,” he said, “I’ve never really had a friend, and I do not have any friend.” He described how, even today, he finds it hard to understand how people simply sit around chatting or building friendships. “I honestly don’t know how to build friendships or how people just sit around and chat,” he admitted.
In that interview he went on to say that the only person he ever considered a genuine friend was Akrobeto: someone he could “visit, eat with, share things like clothes and time with.” He and Akrobeto, he recalled, spent many early years together, especially at the height of their productivity in the Kumawood scene. “But as life would have it, we don’t meet as often anymore,” he added.
He described how their paths diverged. While they were once very close—wearing similar clothes, traveling for performances together, and sharing ambitions—they now live different rhythms of life. Agya Koo explained that although he rarely sees Akrobeto in person these days, his former friend still makes the effort to check in, call and talk about life. “Still, he makes the effort to check on me, and we talk about many things,” Agya Koo said.
For Agya Koo, his reclusive persona is not a recent development—it is part of who he is. He described how, after finishing a film shoot, he seldom stays for social events with his colleagues; instead, he goes straight home. He spends most of his time indoors, rarely stepping out to even see the sunshine. “I spend much of my time indoors,” he said, “and I seldom ever walk outside to see how the sun looks like.”
The actor also shared how this preference has shaped his career and work habits. On the film set he remains professional and focused, but when the cameras stop rolling, he said he finds little comfort in mingling or lingering in the spotlight. His friends in the industry know him as someone who wraps up his business and returns to his solitude. This, he says, has been his pattern since his childhood.
When asked about why he singles out Akrobeto as his only real friend, he explained that it has to do with authenticity and shared history. “Someone I could visit, eat with, and share things like clothes and time with,” that was the measure he used. It wasn’t about longevity only, but depth of connection. He acknowledged that the routine of life and the demands of the industry inevitably pulled them apart, yet the emotional bond remains.
He also addressed rumors of rivalry in the industry between him and Akrobeto. According to his account, there is no rivalry; Akrobeto is like family to him. Their early years of performance side by side in the Keysoap Concert Party era laid a foundation of brotherhood and mutual support. “We were like brothers,” Agya Koo said in a previous interview.
Despite his success and public persona, Agya Koo’s admission that he has never learned how to “sit around and chat,” or build what many call a normal friendship, is striking. He is open about his limitations with social interaction and the comfort he has found in being his own company rather than chasing relationships he finds exhausting or unnatural.
For some fans and those who know his story, this honesty adds a new dimension to his public image. Here is a man who once led the industry in box-office appeal, now revealing the solitude behind the spotlight. One media outlet described his statement simply: “I don’t have any friends; I keep to myself.” n his life and career, Agya Koo said he is at peace with his pattern. He no longer chases social approval or strives to fit into social norms. He pointed out that while many in the industry may consider networking and socializing as part of their work, for him the work ends when the cameras turn off. After that, he chooses quiet. It might look lonely to some, but for him, it is a known territory and comfortable state of being.
Ultimately, the key takeaway from his interview is the value he places on authenticity. By saying Akrobeto is the only person he ever truly considered a friend, he is honoring a unique connection built on shared roots and mutual respect. And by admitting his social introversion publicly, he invites viewers to see beyond his comic roles and celebrity persona into the human behind the laughter.
For many, the message is simple yet profound: genuine friendship is rare; not everyone is wired for social togetherness and that’s acceptable. As Agya Koo’s story shows, friendship doesn’t have to look like the mainstream idea of hanging out or partying it can be quieter, less frequent, but still meaningful.
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