Fellow Bachelor star Sam Frost claims Abbie Chatfield relentlessly bullied her after she posted a harrowing video about her mental health: 'She attacked me for months and months on end'
Former Bachelor star Sam Frost has called out Abbie Chatfield for relentlessly bullying her in the past.
The 36-year-old made the claims by commenting on a video posted by Abbie to Instagram in which she hit back at Clementine Ford for accusing her of profiting from the 'performance of being politically engaged '.
In the video, an emotional Abbie broke down in tears as she begged for the activist to stop 'lying' about her in her Dear Clementine Substack blog.
Sam reacted to the post by commenting: 'I don't wish this type of pain or sadness on anyone. I truly wish her the best and hope she heals. I certainly don't support anyone trolling or bullying others.'
'However, perhaps in this moment she can reflect on the time when the shoe was on the other foot.
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'When she was the one relentlessly bullying me when I shared a video saying my mental health was suffering,' she continued.
'And she encouraged all of her followers to also bully and hate on me, attacking me for months and months and months.'
Abbie publicly come out swinging in a rant about fellow reality TV star Sam back in 2022 after she compared restrictions on the unvaccinated to 'segregation' during the Covid pandemic.
'Why are they acting like she, I don't know, stood up for a feminist issue that was seen extreme at the time but now everyone's like, "Yes she was right"?' Abbie said at the time.
'The more time that goes on, the more proof there is that she was wrong. So why are we now giving her a Stellar cover?'
'Her publicist must be working overtime, like, how did she get that?'
Abbie and the feminist writer Clementine have been locked in an ongoing war of words on social media after Clementine accused Abbie of profiting from the 'performance of being politically engaged '.
Speaking on her It's A Lot podcast last week, Abbie admitted she was struggling amid the feud.
'I don't wish this type of pain or sadness on anyone. I truly wish her the best and hope she heals. I certainly don't support anyone trolling or bullying others,' Sam commented on the video
'Been a bit of a rough weekend. Go to my TikTok if you want to know what's going on. I don't want to rehash it, but all I want to say is it's incredibly counterproductive to criticise someone for doing the thing you want them to do,' Abbie began.
'It makes no sense and it gives a certain energy that I think we all know.'
She went on to say she would be answering questions sent in by listeners before calling out some of Clementine's comments.
The online fight left Abbie in tears as she posted a video of herself sobbing and begging for the activist to stop 'lying' about her in the Dear Clementine Substack blog.
'This is getting so old. When are you going to realise that people have opinions that they're allowed to voice on a public platform just like you do every day,' the follower messaged Abbie.
'Tagging people to essentially send your troops in to destroy is not going to fix that problem. Maybe just ignore or block people that you don't agree with.'
The follower went on to accuse Abbie of 'using her platform to bully' people she puts on 'blast', calling it 'gross' behaviour.
Abbie retaliated by publicly shaming the follower and sharing a screenshot of the DM, including the face and name of the follower, to her Stories.
It comes after Abbie hit back at firebrand media commentator Clementine Ford, who claimed she doesn't prepare the content for her podcast
'People are allowed to voice their opinions queen, I'm also allowed to share them! And have my opinion on their opinion,' Abbie captioned the screenshot.
'The irony of you saying people are affected by words on the internet, yet telling me to just get over it and be quiet about it? So it only affects other people, not me?'
Moments later, Abbie posted several videos talking about the private message, saying: 'Just a reminder, I'm a human being... All day every day I get negative comments about anything I do.'
She added: 'I can't re-share their public comment to my Stories? Because people will go after them?
'If they didn't want to have repercussions for their actions, they shouldn't have commented something negative and weird.
'And if you don't want repercussions for your actions, you shouldn't DM me telling me to feel sorry for the people who troll me.'
Abbie went on to say she names and shames people who criticise her because she wants to 'deter people who troll her'.
The backlash didn't end there as the fan she publicly shamed sent Abbie yet another direct message calling out the former Bachelor star for leaking their private chat.
'Are you proud of yourself?' the person said in another message which Abbie also shared.
'Seriously? You double down every single time someone voices their opinions, but less than two weeks ago you posted a crying, sobbing video asking people to stop coming at you. Yet here you are doing it to your own followers.'
This time, Abbie hit back at the follower directly, saying: 'Queen, there's a difference between me posting your own words and me being harassed and defamed for years by someone.
'I don't think you could handle what I handle for even an hour. It's insane. You have no idea what this is like.'
When the follower went on to slam Abbie for sharing their private conversation to her Stories, Abbie said: 'I don't know you. You aren't deserving of privacy.
'I am a person reading your message. I don't owe you privacy, we are strangers. If you don't want something shown then don't say it.'
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