Twig nested foreach loop not showing results - twig

Question

I am building a simple chat system for users within my DB, and I want the user to be able to reply to messages, but to show in chronological order. I cannot get the nested foreach loop to show any results. Here is what i have so far.
Friends Database with both users from my users table, id's 2 and 15.
| id | user_id | friend_id | accepted |
| 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
Status Database
| id | user_id | parent_id | body |
| 28 | 15 | NULL | Hello |
| 29 | 2 | 28 | Hi, how are you |
This is my Members Controller with the query builder.
public function members(Request $request, Response $response, $args) {
$token = User::where('id', $this->auth->user()->id)->first();
$order = Order::where('user_id', $this->auth->user()->id)->first();
if(!$order) {
$token = $args['token'];
return $response->withRedirect($this->router->pathFor('membersPaymentPlan', compact('token')));
}
$statuses = Status::notReply()->where(function($query) {
return $query->where('user_id', $this->auth->user()->id)->orWhereIn('user_id', $this->auth->user()->friends()->pluck('id'));
})->orderBy('id', 'DESC')->get();
return $this->view->render($response, 'members/index.php', compact('token', 'statuses'));
}
In my User Model, I have method relationships.
public function statuses() {
return $this->hasMany('Base\Models\Messaging\Status', 'user_id');
}
public function friendsOfMine() {
return $this->belongsToMany('Base\Models\User\User', 'friends', 'user_id', 'friend_id');
}
public function friendOf() {
return $this->belongsToMany('Base\Models\User\User', 'friends', 'friend_id', 'user_id');
}
public function friends() {
return $this->friendsOfMine()->wherePivot('accepted', true)->get()->merge($this->friendOf()->wherePivot('accepted', true)->get());
}
In my Status Model. I have method relationships.
public function user() {
return $this->belongsTo('Base\Models\User\User', 'user_id');
}
public function scopeNotReply($query) {
return $query->whereNull('parent_id');
}
public function replies() {
return $this->hasMany('Base\Models\Messaging\Status', 'parent_id');
}
Here is where the problem is. This is my nested foreach loop within my Twig template.
{% for status in statuses %} // This loop works ok showing all results
{% for reply in status.replies() %} // HERE IS THE PROBLEM - No results
<div class="from-them margin-bottom-10">
<p class="nomargin">{{ reply.body | nl2br }}</p>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
{% endfor %}
<div class="from-me margin-bottom-10">
<p class="nomargin">{{ status.body | nl2br }}</p>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
{% endfor %}
Why won't the nested foreach loop show any results from the status.replies() relationship? What do I have wrong here?