There’s drama brewing in Bachelor Nation.
Nick Viall shaded Kaitlyn Bristowe in the comments section of her ex-fiancé Jason Tartick’s steamy new Instagram post.
After Tartick shared a photo of himself and Tyler Cameron shirtless on a beach as a “little summer throwback on this cold winter Wednesday,” Viall wrote, “Nothing asexual about this.”
The “Bachelor” Season 21 lead’s comment did not name Bristowe, but fans were quick to point out that it came just one day after the “Bachelorette” Season 11 star said she felt asexual toward the end of a past relationship.
“I see what you did there,” one Instagram user replied to Viall.
“shots fired!” another wrote.
Others called out the “Viall Files” podcast host, 43, for taking a cheap shot at Bristowe.
“Now [that] you have a daughter, perhaps you can learn to choose your words more carefully instead of being disrespectful,” one follower responded to Viall, who welcomed a baby with his fiancée, Natalie Joy, earlier this month.
“really disappointing from someone who gives advice on love and sex for a living. Asexuality and/or not wanting to be intimate is OKAY. Dangerous to joke otherwise,” another wrote.
Bristowe, 38, told her “Off the Vine” podcast listeners Tuesday that she once lost her sex drive while dating a man she did not name.
“I thought I was asexual. I literally thought I was asexual,” she recalled. “I was like, I think at this point I could see myself more with a woman — I actually thought that — than a man.”
However, the “Dancing With the Stars” Season 29 winner shared that her “urge” to be intimate with men eventually returned, joking, “I’m not the desert down there.”
Bristowe and Tartick, 35, announced in August 2023 that they had broken up after four years together.
“After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we are saddened with heavy hearts to share that we have decided to end our engagement,” they said in a joint statement on Instagram.
The reality stars started dating in January 2019 and got engaged in May 2021.
