Kaitlyn Bristowe has set the record straight on rumors of a feud with Jessi Draper.
After speculation of a clash between the previous Bachelorette, 40, and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 33, began circulating online, Kaitlyn took to Instagram on Tuesday, April 21, to clear things up with fans.
Kaitlyn began her video by explaining that a previous post which showed her indulging in cake and having fun with time with family drew attention from a web based troll who said, ‘People who find themselves glad don’t must tell us they’re glad,’ and I used to be like, ‘Oh, it’s not that deep.’”
The initial post also caught the attention of Jessi, who commented, “Same, girl,” before the post mysteriously disappeared.
“So, I reposted it and wrote underneath, ‘I already posted this and someway it got deleted. So if the one that at all times has some passive aggressive thing to say desires to repeat the comment. Please by all means.’ I used to be talking to the one troll,” Kaitlyn explained. “I just tagged her [Jessi] because I wanted her to know that I saw her comment after which someway this changed into that I actually have beef along with her. It’s just crazy how people run with things.”
The pair’s friendship gave the impression to be back on the right track with Jessi commenting on Kaitlyn’s explanatory post, “Hahahah ILY😂❤️.”
Kaitlyn Bristowe Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated
Moreover, Kaitlyn also shared a screenshot of her DMs with Jessi that captured her giving her side of the story. Jessi responded to Kaitlyn’s message with, “That’s hilarious.”
Kaitlyn’s video also took the chance to comment on widespread fascination with online feuds, joking that she sparked a fight with Jessi on the back of Alix Earle and Alex Cooper’s ongoing beef. (Earle, 25, and Cooper, 31, have taken public jabs at each other in recent weeks, with a source telling Us Weekly exclusively earlier this month that their conflict is “ego-driven” across “multiple occasions” since Earle’s former “Hot Mess” podcast was dropped by Cooper’s Unwell Network in February 2025.)
“I feel like individuals are so feral on the web, they’re just foaming on the mouth for ladies to be fighting,” Kaitlyn said in her post. “Who’s side are we taking … we don’t know anything about it.”
Somewhat than face an analogous situation of her own, Kaitlyn resolved that she hoped the post would work in “squashing this immediately.”
Jessi Draper Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Clarins USA
Kaitlyn, who was the star of The Bachelorette’s eleventh season in 2015, recently reflected on her fiery personality, which emerged while appearing on season 29 of Dancing With the Stars and subsequently winning. Speaking on the “Off the Vine” podcast on April 9, Kaitlyn admitted she was reluctant to take her pro partner Artem Chigvintsev’s advice.
“I desired to fight Artem on so many things and tell him, [but] at the tip of the day I’m, like, ‘Nothing else matters aside from him attempting to get what’s best out of each of us and if I just shut up and listen, I’m going to get more out of this than if I try to back-talk him on a regular basis,’” she said on the time.