Bri Springs is one of the frontrunners on The Bachelor season 25. After 25-year-old Abigail Heringer made a splash by receiving the first impression rose, Bri also established herself as one of Matt's favorites by landing the first one-on-one date. Many fans liked Bri's simple yet enchanting personality. Thus, she now has a whopping 40K Instagram followers. However, she recently had a mishap on social media when her IG account was hacked. Thankfully, she got her account back after being locked out for days. But now, some fans think this whole ordeal was faked to get verified on Instagram quickly.
It looks like hacking people's social media accounts has become pretty easy these days. Earlier, The Bachelorette contestant Ivan Hall, who was vying for 30-year-old Tayshia Adams' heart, faced a similar situation. His Instagram account was mysteriously disabled for unknown reasons. Another contestant from the same season, Riley Christian, took to Twitter to inform fans that his "Instagram was disabled." He was certain someone out there was trying to kill their vibe and didn't want to let that happen. Fortunately, both men got their IG accounts back. Still, there appears to be a bigger conspiracy here because another Bachelor Nation member's account was hacked a few days ago.
Bri Springs was locked out of her Instagram account, and recently got it back. Now, some The Bachelor fans believe that the hack was staged so that she could get verified on Instagram sooner rather than later. An IG page called @notskinnybutnotfat, which Amanda Hirsch runs, shared a conversation screenshot, which suggests this was probably a planned move. A fan suggested Bri used this "hack" as "leverage to get verified AKA someone was trying to pretend to be her." Check out the snapshot of the conversation below:
The fan further speculated that Bri only had 38K IG followers before getting locked out, and accounts with such a low number of IG followers don't get verified. It was also speculated that Bri works with Facebook, so she has connections with people who can get her verified.
The suspicion appears to be valid because The Bachelor season 25 has only aired two episodes so far. Some contestants are already getting the blue ticks on their social media profiles. But none of the contestants have gotten enough screen time to be a famous face yet. Adding to the rumors, Matt's first impression rose pick Abigail has over 180K IG followers, and she doesn't have a blue tick on IG. But Sarah Trott, who many The Bachelor fans feel wants to be a social media influencer, is verified.
The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8 pm ET on ABC.
Source: @notskinnybutnotfat