8 Well-known {Couples} Whose Relationships Had been Tainted By Social Media

Discover out why these well-known {couples} broke up…

1. Rachel Leviss & Matthew Dunn

Rachel Leviss’ brief lived relationship with businessman Matthew Dunn finally ended due to social media. Within the early days of their relationship, Rachel requested Matthew to not put up photographs collectively on social media as a result of it was “too quickly.” He agreed — however lower than a month into relationship, Matthew modified his Fb profile image to a photograph of them collectively.

“He instructed me one factor and his actions have been totally different,” she shared on her Rachel Goes Rogue podcast. “The media caught wind of that, and it was simply this entire factor…I needed to finish it. It was unhappy as a result of we had a superb connection and good dialog and he was emotionally steady and emotionally clever…It simply appeared like perhaps he both had an impulse management challenge, as a result of we agreed not to try this — or he needed to put up to point out me off.”

2. Brandi Glanville & Donald Friese

In 2016, Brandi Glanville started relationship Donald Friese after assembly on a relationship app post-Scandoval. However after simply over a 12 months of relationship, Brandi ended the connection, explaining that social media had ruined issues for the couple. Whereas she didn’t specify precisely what occurred, she did say she was now passing Donald on to the “IG hoes.”

“Social media is ruining romance! It ruined mine,” Brandi tweeted with a damaged coronary heart emoji, including, “Is official I’m SINGLE! He’s all urs IG hoes! He’s pretty so be good.”

3. Justin Bieber & Sofia Richie

Throughout the summer time of 2016, Justin Bieber and Sofia Richie sparked relationship rumors once they began posting about one another on social media. Justin’s posts with Sofia prompted a frenzy amongst followers, and he ultimately issued an ultimatum, writing that if followers didn’t “cease the hate,” he was going to make his Instagram personal. His ex Selena Gomez even weighed in, writing within the feedback that he shouldn’t be mad and in the event that they couldn’t take the hate, they need to hold their relationship personal. After some forwards and backwards, Justin deleted his Instagram account.

Justin and Sofia continued to this point for a number of extra weeks, jetting to Mexico and Japan collectively however their relationship didn’t final. By the center of September, the couple had gone their separate methods with some sources saying the social media controversy had taken a toll on their relationship.

4. Demi Lovato & Max Ehrich

In early 2020, Demi Lovato met Max Ehrich — and their whirlwind relationship shortly escalated. When the pandemic hit a couple of months later, they started quarantining collectively and by July, they have been engaged. Behind the scenes, issues weren’t going as easily as they appeared.

Following their engagement, previous tweets from Max started resurfacing the place he gushed over Demi’s former buddy Selena Gomez. In some messages, he even expressed his want to marry Selena. Whereas Demi initially accused the messages of being pretend, the couple cut up by late September. Demi later defined that she had ended up seeing one other aspect of Max after the social media posts.

“I noticed as time went on that I did not truly know the person who I used to be engaged to. We have been solely collectively 4 or 5 months, and truthfully, it was false promoting,” Demi stated of their documentary Dancing With the Satan. “The toughest a part of the breakup was mourning the person who I believed he was. I imply, I used to be simply as shocked as the remainder of the world at a few of the issues that have been stated and performed.”

5. Dixie D’Amelio & Noah Beck

For a lot of their relationship, TikTok stars Dixie D’Amelio and Noah Beck shared all the main points about their romance on social media. The pair started relationship in 2020 however two years into their relationship, they took a brief break. After they obtained again collectively, they determined to cease sharing something publicly. They defined that social media had put strain on their relationship and prompted “a variety of drama” for them, “it doesn’t matter what” they did.

Within the midst of rumors that that they had cut up as soon as once more, Dixie instructed Individuals, “As we’ve stated like one million occasions, we’ve determined to take our relationship off social media” as a result of it was “higher for our psychological well being.” Only a few months later, the couple known as it quits for good.

6. Bella Thorne & Charlie Puth

Social media prompted some main drama for Bella Thorne and Charlie Puth within the early days of their 2016 romance. Shortly after starting to spend time collectively, an article surfaced that includes Bella speaking about spending the vacations together with her ex Tyler Posey. Charlie instantly shared the put up to social media, tweeting that Bella had lied to him about having cut up from Tyler.

“I can’t imagine what I’m studying. Nobody ought to have their coronary heart messed with like this, and I’m not going to be in the course of it. I don’t know Tyler personally, however I do know he shouldn’t be handled this manner … She instructed me she was not with him anymore. That is all information to me,” Charlie wrote.

It seems the entire thing was a misunderstanding because the put up had been written previous to Bella’s cut up from Tyler. Bella clarified on Twitter, writing that she and Tyler had been “damaged up for like over two weeks” and the “article was written ceaselessly in the past.”

“Charlie and I have been hanging out.. he noticed an previous interview and obtained butthurt however as an alternative of texting me and asking about it he put it on Twitter,” Bella wrote, including that she undoubtedly wasn’t relationship Charlie anymore. The pair weren’t noticed collectively once more.

7. Rachael Kirkconnell & Matt James

On the finish of Matt James’ season of The Bachelor, he gave his remaining rose to Rachael Kirkconnell. However after the present wrapped, allegations surfaced that Rachel had taken half in a plantation-themed fraternity social gathering whereas in school. Photos of her in attendance started circulating on social media and it prompted a rift of their relationship. Rachel apologized, admitting she “was ignorant” on the time however her “ignorance was racist.” Ultimately, the controversy prompted the couple to separate.

“I am so ashamed that I principally participated in that unknowingly as a result of I’m sitting right here in my very own little privileged, egocentric world simply pondering, ‘Oh, we simply put clothes on to go take a photograph op,’” she later stated, noting she “didn’t assume something about it as a result of it didn’t have an effect on me personally.”

A number of months later, the couple did reconcile their relationship, with Matt sharing he felt it was “unfair” for him to depart Rachael whereas she tried to “be higher.”

8. Chris Olsen & Ian Paget

Chris Olsen and Ian Paget had solely been relationship for seven months once they went viral on TikTok. Viewers cherished seeing the couple work together they usually shortly grew to become social media celebrities. Followers watched their relationship unfold on TikTok however ultimately the strain of being considered as a “good superb couple” on social media grew to become an excessive amount of they usually cut up.

“Being within the public eye the way in which that we’ve been by these final like 12 months and a half, two years, is wild,” Ian shared in a joint YouTube video. “And very advanced, layered, pressurized, so many issues. For now, we’ve simply determined that it could most likely be in our greatest curiosity to be shifting by the world unromantically.”