The Bachelorette's Devin Strader Allegedly DMed Ashley Iaconetti's Friend Before Confronting Ex Jenn Tran at Finale

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Ashley Iaconetti, Devin Strader and Jenn Tran.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty, Disney/Ricky Middlesworth, Michael Buckner/Variety via GettyAccording toAshley Iaconetti,Jenn Tran’s exDevin Straderwas up to no good beforeThe Bacheloretteseason 21 finale.On the Sept. 4 episode of theAlmost Famouspodcast, Ashley told her cohostBen Higginsthat Devin had allegedly reached out to one of her friends on social media before the dramatic finale earlier this week.“Within the past week, I heard from a really good friend who said that Devin had slid into her DMs,” she claimed. When Ben asked if the friend was a member of Bachelor Nation, Ashley said she wasn’t “which makes it worse."(L) Devin Strader and Jenn Tran.DISNEY/John Fleenor“This girl followed him, just because she’s been a fan of him from the show, liked his personality,” she added. “Then, he DM’d her.”During the season finale on Sept. 3, Bachelorette fans were in for shock when Jenn and Devin revealed that the couple broke up after getting engaged in Hawaii. Jenn opened up about what happened in their relationship on theAfter the Final Rosespecial, revealing Devin’s feelings changed almost immediately.“As soon as we had left Hawai’i, things were just different,” she told host Jesse Palmer. “It kind of just felt like he was pulling away all the promises that he had made to me — wanting to move somewhere together, and wanting to have this future planned out, and wanting to see each other all the time."(L) Jenn Tran and Devin Strader at ‘The Bachelorette’ finale.Disney/John FleenorJenn explained that she stopped receiving calls and texts from Devin, and grew “confused.” Then, one night, she got a call from her then fiancé.“He called me, and he basically broke off the engagement,” she said. “[He said] he didn’t love me anymore, feel the same way and felt like something had been off since the second thing he proposed. He regretted getting engaged.“Elsewhere in the episode, Jenn dropped a major bombshell about what went down in the moments after their split.“What I can’t understand is everything that you did after we’ve broken our engagement,” she cried. “Ending the engagement on a phone call, and the next day, I wake up to you following girls on Instagram — not just any girl, butMaria [Georgas]. Not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together, I just don’t understand it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Why would you do something like that?” she asked him, referring to her former castmate onJoey Graziadei’s season. “Because it completely invalidated our entire relationship, everything that I had felt for you, everything that we’d felt for each other.”

From left: Ashley Iaconetti, Devin Strader and Jenn Tran.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty, Disney/Ricky Middlesworth, Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

Jon Kopaloff/Getty, Disney/Ricky Middlesworth, Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

According toAshley Iaconetti,Jenn Tran’s exDevin Straderwas up to no good beforeThe Bacheloretteseason 21 finale.On the Sept. 4 episode of theAlmost Famouspodcast, Ashley told her cohostBen Higginsthat Devin had allegedly reached out to one of her friends on social media before the dramatic finale earlier this week.“Within the past week, I heard from a really good friend who said that Devin had slid into her DMs,” she claimed. When Ben asked if the friend was a member of Bachelor Nation, Ashley said she wasn’t “which makes it worse."(L) Devin Strader and Jenn Tran.DISNEY/John Fleenor“This girl followed him, just because she’s been a fan of him from the show, liked his personality,” she added. “Then, he DM’d her.”During the season finale on Sept. 3, Bachelorette fans were in for shock when Jenn and Devin revealed that the couple broke up after getting engaged in Hawaii. Jenn opened up about what happened in their relationship on theAfter the Final Rosespecial, revealing Devin’s feelings changed almost immediately.“As soon as we had left Hawai’i, things were just different,” she told host Jesse Palmer. “It kind of just felt like he was pulling away all the promises that he had made to me — wanting to move somewhere together, and wanting to have this future planned out, and wanting to see each other all the time."(L) Jenn Tran and Devin Strader at ‘The Bachelorette’ finale.Disney/John FleenorJenn explained that she stopped receiving calls and texts from Devin, and grew “confused.” Then, one night, she got a call from her then fiancé.“He called me, and he basically broke off the engagement,” she said. “[He said] he didn’t love me anymore, feel the same way and felt like something had been off since the second thing he proposed. He regretted getting engaged.“Elsewhere in the episode, Jenn dropped a major bombshell about what went down in the moments after their split.“What I can’t understand is everything that you did after we’ve broken our engagement,” she cried. “Ending the engagement on a phone call, and the next day, I wake up to you following girls on Instagram — not just any girl, butMaria [Georgas]. Not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together, I just don’t understand it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Why would you do something like that?” she asked him, referring to her former castmate onJoey Graziadei’s season. “Because it completely invalidated our entire relationship, everything that I had felt for you, everything that we’d felt for each other.”

According toAshley Iaconetti,Jenn Tran’s exDevin Straderwas up to no good beforeThe Bacheloretteseason 21 finale.

On the Sept. 4 episode of theAlmost Famouspodcast, Ashley told her cohostBen Higginsthat Devin had allegedly reached out to one of her friends on social media before the dramatic finale earlier this week.

“Within the past week, I heard from a really good friend who said that Devin had slid into her DMs,” she claimed. When Ben asked if the friend was a member of Bachelor Nation, Ashley said she wasn’t “which makes it worse.”

(L) Devin Strader and Jenn Tran.DISNEY/John Fleenor

DISNEY/John Fleenor

“This girl followed him, just because she’s been a fan of him from the show, liked his personality,” she added. “Then, he DM’d her.”

During the season finale on Sept. 3, Bachelorette fans were in for shock when Jenn and Devin revealed that the couple broke up after getting engaged in Hawaii. Jenn opened up about what happened in their relationship on theAfter the Final Rosespecial, revealing Devin’s feelings changed almost immediately.

“As soon as we had left Hawai’i, things were just different,” she told host Jesse Palmer. “It kind of just felt like he was pulling away all the promises that he had made to me — wanting to move somewhere together, and wanting to have this future planned out, and wanting to see each other all the time.”

(L) Jenn Tran and Devin Strader at ‘The Bachelorette’ finale.Disney/John Fleenor

Disney/John Fleenor

Jenn explained that she stopped receiving calls and texts from Devin, and grew “confused.” Then, one night, she got a call from her then fiancé.

“He called me, and he basically broke off the engagement,” she said. “[He said] he didn’t love me anymore, feel the same way and felt like something had been off since the second thing he proposed. He regretted getting engaged.”

Elsewhere in the episode, Jenn dropped a major bombshell about what went down in the moments after their split.

“What I can’t understand is everything that you did after we’ve broken our engagement,” she cried. “Ending the engagement on a phone call, and the next day, I wake up to you following girls on Instagram — not just any girl, butMaria [Georgas]. Not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together, I just don’t understand it.”

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“Why would you do something like that?” she asked him, referring to her former castmate onJoey Graziadei’s season. “Because it completely invalidated our entire relationship, everything that I had felt for you, everything that we’d felt for each other.”

source: people.com