Wit & Attitude Quote by Josie Maran

It is a small sentence that performs a big act of brand hygiene: preempting the cringe. Maran’s “I could lie” sets up the obvious temptation in a celebrity interview cycle where liking games is cultural cachet, a quick way to seem plugged in, youthful, and “real.” She names the lie before anyone can accuse her of it, then cuts it off with the blunt, almost comic deflation of “I’m not.” The effect is a controlled stumble: she refuses the easy glow of a ready-made identity label (“hardcore gamer”) and swaps it for candor that reads as confidence.

The subtext is about credibility in an era when celebrity “relatability” is its own genre. Gaming is a fandom with notoriously strong authenticity tests; audiences can smell a press-kit persona. By admitting she doesn’t meet the in-group threshold, Maran borrows a different kind of social capital: honesty as coolness. It’s also a quiet jab at the expectation that women in pop culture must constantly perform expertise to earn space in male-coded hobbies. She doesn’t audition for acceptance; she sidesteps the gate entirely.

Context matters: as a model, Maran’s public image is already heavily curated by industries that trade in illusion. The line flips that script. It’s self-aware without begging for praise, a concise reminder that authenticity can be less about confessing everything and more about refusing the most convenient lie.