Fans couldn’t tear their eyes away as Bachelor finalists Irena Srbinovska and Bella Varelis’ BFF status deteriorated as the season wore on.
But it turns out the claws really came out once the cameras stopped rolling.
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On Tuesday, Irena, 31, took to her Instagram stories to answer a few of her followers’ burning questions, including her thoughts on her former friend since things had turned sour.
When asked by one user whether she had any “hard feelings” towards runner-up Bella, Irena replied: “Bella and I were amazing friends, what you saw was real however the friendship ended.”
“It was difficult to watch back, it felt like I was reliving it all over again, but no hard feelings,” she continued.
“I wish her nothing but the best and I hope she finds her person.
This comes just one day after the nurse took an obvious swipe at Bella and her fellow co-star Bec Cvilikas when they received the blue “verified” tick on social media.
“I’m not about being an influencer, just being real,” she said.
Their feud over Locky Gilbert’s heart hit boiling point on one of the later episodes when Bella called Irena a ”manipulative little b*tch.”
She was also reportedly involved in a “body-shaming incident” in the mansion that was never shown on TV.
“So Irena lost about 10kg in the mansion in the first month alone from the stress of filming and everything else,” So Dramatic! podcast host Megan Pustetto weighed in.
“What happened is Bella actually ‘skinny shamed’ Irena. She made a comment about Irena being too skinny.”
“[Irena] only weighed about 45kg and it was really affecting her,” she continued. “She was really self-conscious about how she looked.
“Bella then made a couple of remarks about Irena’s weight and this was obviously a trigger for Irena. She got really upset about it.”
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