I was “romantically” involved with a guy who had dated another guy in James’ circle and he said that they were all gay and that Chidi was essentially an escort to men who had money to “buy” him. A few of them in the circle had moderately lucrative careers (6-figure salaries), but Chidi did not so he used his body to get what he needed to keep up with the others.
Again, this is only what I was told, so take that for what it’s worth. To his credit, I will say that the romantic interest wasn’t the messy type and he was a pediatrician, so he had no real overt incentive to be shady.
