Phillip Schofield speechless as This Morning guest who identifies as wolf howls at him
dailystar.co.ukPhillip Schofield was left bemused when a woman who identifies as a wolf howled at him on ITV’s This Morning Monday programme.
Naia Okami is a transgender woman who identifies as an otherkin therian, meaning she considers herself to have the spirit of an animal rather than a human.Although she often envisions herself as a wolf in her dreams, Naia admitted that she was under no illusions that she is actually a human.In fact, Naia claimed that she had been watching an anime series when she suddenly felt that she could relate to the cartoon wolf on screen.“I don’t physically believe that I’m a wolf, it’s more of a spiritual and psychological identification as a wolf,” she explained.“So I’m completely aware I’m human, I go to work every day, I don’t necessarily dress like this to work, but at the same token spiritually somehow I’m a wolf.”The conversation naturally turned to the topic of howling, when Phillip and co-presenter Rochelle Humes asked the 27 year-old whether she would demonstrate an example of her howl.“I have roommates who are asleep right now but I can try and do a quiet howl,” she replied, before letting loose with a quick howl.Phillip was left almost speechless by the live demonstration, before thanking Naia for her time.“Actually very good… Eerr, thank you, absolutely fascinating,” he said.During the conversation, Naia specified that she identifies as a British Columbia wolf, recalling that this was the specific type of wolf she was imagining in her dreams.“But obviously if I’m at work or in the grocery store, I’m not going to bark and howl at my cashier,” she stressed.And, the woman even described how she works for a non-profit charity that investigates trafficking and child predators.“I always make the.
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