{"id":81921,"date":"2026-04-22T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/kaitlyn-bristowe-addresses-jessi-draper-feud-rumors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:55:58","slug":"kaitlyn-bristowe-addresses-jessi-draper-feud-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/kaitlyn-bristowe-addresses-jessi-draper-feud-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaitlyn Bristowe Addresses Jessi Draper Feud Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kaitlyn Bristowe<\/strong> has set the record straight on rumors of a feud with <strong>Jessi Draper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After speculation of a clash between the former <em>Bachelorette<\/em>, 40, and <em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> star, 33, began circulating online, Kaitlyn took to Instagram on Tuesday, April 21, to clear things up with fans.<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn began her video by explaining that a previous post which showed her indulging in cake and enjoying time with family drew attention from an online troll who said, \u2018People who are happy don\u2019t have to tell us they\u2019re happy,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s not that deep.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initial post also caught the eye of Jessi, who commented, \u201cSame, girl,\u201d before the post mysteriously disappeared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Says-Shes-Been-Drawing-A-Lot-of-Negative-Attention-Lately.jpg?crop=0px%2C156px%2C1448px%2C819px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kaitlyn Bristowe Says Shes Been Drawing A Lot of Negative Attention Lately\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Kaitlyn-Bristowe-Says-Shes-Been-Drawing-A-Lot-of-Negative-Attention-Lately.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kaitlyn Bristowe Feels Like She\u2019s \u2018Been a Little Bit Negative\u2019 Lately<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKaitlyn Bristowe is opening up about the \u201cnegative attention\u201d she\u2019s been getting amid speculation surrounding her and another member of Bachelor Nation. After one of her Instagram followers wrote, \u201cGrateful for your light on social media,\u201d Bristowe, 38, admitted she hasn\u2019t felt very light-filled lately. \u201cThis actually means a lot to me because I feel [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo, I reposted it and wrote underneath, \u2018I already posted this and somehow it got deleted. So if the person who always has some passive aggressive thing to say wants to repeat the comment. Please by all means.\u2019 I was talking to the one troll,\u201d Kaitlyn explained. \u201cI just tagged her [Jessi] because I wanted her to know that I saw her comment and then somehow this turned into that I have beef with her. It\u2019s just crazy how people run with things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair\u2019s friendship appeared to be back on track with Jessi commenting on Kaitlyn\u2019s explanatory post, \u201cHahahah ILY\ud83d\ude02\u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4316378\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4316378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2215643543-Kaitlyn.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kaitlyn Bristowe<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Dave Kotinsky\/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, Kaitlyn also shared a screenshot of her DMs with Jessi that captured her giving her side of the story. Jessi responded to Kaitlyn\u2019s message with, \u201cThat\u2019s hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn\u2019s video also took the opportunity to comment on widespread fascination with online feuds, joking that she sparked a fight with Jessi on the back of <strong>Alix Earle<\/strong> and <strong>Alex Cooper<\/strong>\u2019s ongoing beef. (Earle, 25, and Cooper, 31, have taken public jabs at one another in recent weeks, with a source telling <em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively earlier this month that their conflict is \u201cego-driven\u201d across \u201cmultiple occasions\u201d since Earle\u2019s former \u201cHot Mess\u201d podcast was dropped by Cooper\u2019s Unwell Network in February 2025.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like people are so feral on the internet, they\u2019re just foaming at the mouth for women to be fighting,\u201d Kaitlyn said in her post. \u201cWho\u2019s side are we taking \u2026 we don\u2019t know anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Rather than face a similar situation of her own, Kaitlyn resolved that she hoped the post would work in \u201csquashing this right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4316377\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:148%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4316377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2258999649-Jessi.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Jessi Draper<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Jerritt Clark\/Getty Images for Clarins USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaitlyn, who was the star of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em>\u2019s 11th season in 2015, recently reflected on her fiery personality, which emerged while appearing on season 29 of <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> and subsequently winning. Speaking on the \u201cOff the Vine\u201d podcast on April 9, Kaitlyn admitted she was reluctant to take her pro partner <strong>Artem Chigvintsev<\/strong>\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to fight Artem on so many things and tell him, [but] at the end of the day I\u2019m, like, \u2018Nothing else matters except for him trying to get what\u2019s best out of both of us and if I just shut up and listen, I\u2019m going to get more out of this than if I try and back-talk him all the time,\u2019\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaitlyn Bristowe has set the record straight on rumors of a feud with Jessi Draper. After speculation of a clash between the former 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. 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