Bailey Smith's ex Izzy Armitage makes explosive claims, seemingly accusing the AFL star of cheating
Armitage said 'the gloves are off' after being disrespected and hearing that Smith was accusing her of using him for clout when she has barely mentioned him since their break-up in late 2021.
Smith has, this week, made headlines after being busted on a Gold Coast date with millionaire fitness influencer Tammy Hembrow.
'Obviously, I was previously tied to him and it is going to be something people are aware of and a lot of the time it's my search history,'' Armitage said.
'But I'm not out here regularly constantly making videos about this man.
'I spent a really long time trying to protect him in the sense of not being fully open on here about what he'd done to me. And how it all went down. Just because there is still that level of respect for someone you loved. When did I get any of that respect back even when we were together?
'The gloves are off. Game on.'
The Herald Sun does not suggest any of Armitage's allegations against Smith are true, only that they have been made.
Armitage, speaking on her podcast, Hear Me Out, didn't mention Smith by name and said she had 'not been petty this whole time'.
But after a girl told her that he believed she was using him for clout, she wanted to set the record straight.
'I want everyone to know that boy put me through the f---ing wringer 100 times over,'' Armitage said in a chat with her sister, Riley.
'Because I'm an empathetic person, they could just cry and apologise and you put it up to mental health, them being in a bad place, and you're like, it's OK, I forgive you. Because someone you love is convincing you of all these things. The manipulation was on a level I've never had.
'I'm like, he's in a bad place, that's why he's done these things. OK I'll try again.'
Armitage says when she was alerted that her boyfriend had slept with someone else while playing a game in Adelaide, her friends turned detective and showed her the evidence.
She said her 'heart sinks' but 'it's very much in denial at this point'.
'I could have probably just believed it at that moment in time, but I'm so in love at this point I need more to allow myself to believe this,'' she said.
'In hindsight, never in my life growing up did I think I'd be in a relationship where I would potentially accept someone cheating on me until you're faced with it head on. It's a really scary moment for me that I wasn't as strong as I thought I was.'
Armitage said she had bought ingredients to make pizza at her boyfriend's house when her friends had showed up outside his house to offer support.
'They didn't want to tell me or call me because they know I would freak out,'' she said.
'(I said to him) you f---ing cheated on me. He's like, 'no I didn't'.
'It ends up being a me problem. The way it ends up being spun, I'm in the wrong here, I ended up probably f---ing apologising. He just got angry, it was a shitshow, he ends up crying.
'(He says) that's not the case, people lie about me all the time because of who he is.
'In my heart of hearts I didn't (believe him) but I didn't know what to do and I didn't yet know in that moment whether I was ready to let it go.
'I'm embarrassed and my friends are sitting out there and I text them saying I'm going to stay. That was brutal.'
Armitage said they didn't break then and what led to their real break-up was 'far worse than that'.
'It's been a really long time and I just want people to know it's not for clout for me, it's more just this is my experience of what I went through and honestly I think it plays a huge part as to why I'm still single,'' she said.
'Going through not one, but two really hard relationships where neither of them are loyal to you … there's no mutual respect between us anymore.
'Never once have I named the guy. Even now I'm still not saying his name.
'Even now all the submissions I get are what happened between you and so and so. That is constant and always will be.
'I only have so much give in me before I snap. After what I've done for that guy, there you go. That is exactly how it went down. This makes no difference in my life. Good riddance, wish you the best.
'Moving forward I have learnt so much in those relationships and I believe I will not make the same mistakes again. Everyone was like why would you date him. I knew him as kids, we grew up together. I've known him for so long, it's going to be different. It never is.'
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