Ashley Iaconetti claims to have receipts when it comes to the aftermath of Devin Strader and Jen TranThe breakup of.
“Last week, a really good friend of mine told me that Devin had been DMing her,” Ashley, 36, said on the Wednesday, Sept. 4, episode of The “Almost famous” podcast.
After co-presenting Ben Higgins Asked if he was a friend of Bachelor Nation, Ashley said no. “Which makes it worse,” she suggested.
“This girl followed him, just because she was a fan of his from the show and she liked his personality,” Ashley explained. “So he DM’d her.”
During the Tuesday, September 3 episode of The single womanBachelor Nation watched after Jenn, 26, sent Marcus Shoberg packing and told the host Jesse Palmer his plans to propose to Devin, 28. Before airing the proposal, ABC cut to the live portion of the show where Jenn revealed that Devin ended their engagement over the phone.
“He basically told me he didn’t love me anymore and that he didn’t feel the same way,” Jenn recalled, adding that Devin said he “regretted” the engagement and didn’t love her anymore. “He had disconnected. I wasn’t what he wanted anymore.”
While confronting Devin live, Jenn claimed that he followed her. The Bachelor contestant of season 28 Maria Jorge on social media the morning of their separation.
“Ending the engagement with a phone call? The next day I wake up and see you following girls on Instagram? And not just any girl, but Maria?” Jenn said through tears. “Not only is that disrespectful to everything we shared together, but I just don’t understand it. It completely invalidated our relationship. Everything we felt for each other. Did that mean anything to you?”
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Devin laughed awkwardly during the conversation and said he let her know his change of heart about their relationship “unfortunately late.”
“I can’t excuse you for following me on Instagram. I know it hurt you,” she said. “I failed you and there’s nothing else I can say.”
Although Maria was not present during the live show, she later joked that she plans to address the situation. “I just got back from a quiet trip,” Maria wrote via her Instagram Story on Wednesday. “This was not something I wanted to come home to but I have some things to say and I’m not holding back this time.”
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