Possible Clues:

• Texter's 'Not gonna lie . . .'
• "Truthfully," in textspeak
• "Candidly," initially
• 'Not gonna lie . . .' in a text
• "Real talk," from a texter
• Texter's "If I'm being real"
• Texter's "Not gonna lie ... "
• "not gonna lie ..."
• 'Speaking openly,' in texts
• 'Truth be told,' in a text