‘Bachelorette’ star Devin Strader claims Jenn Tran lied about their breakup, shares their texts

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Devin Strader has receipts.

The former “Bachelorette” contestant claimed his ex-fiancée Jenn Tran gave an “incredibly inaccurate” story about their breakup — and shared text messages between them to back his story.

In a lengthy, since-deleted Instagram video Tuesday, Strader, 28, shared that he was “stunned” when Tran, 26, said during the Season 21 finale of the ABC reality dating series last week that he had “ghosted” her the day after they got engaged and also refused to seek couples therapy.

Devin Strader posted — and then deleted — a video Tuesday discussing his breakup from Jenn Tran. Devin Strader/Instagram
Strader and Tran got engaged on Season 21 of “The Bachelorette.” DISNEY/John Fleenor

The freight company owner claimed he even “scheduled multiple appointments” for counseling.

“We went to a couple sessions together. On top of that, Jenn and I were also doing individual counseling with our respective therapists from the show at the time,” he said in the video.

Strader went on to allege that Tran had fired their “mutual counselor” without consulting him, and that was when their sessions halted.

Strader denied several of Tran’s claims, including that he would not attend couples therapy. Devin Strader/Instagram
The freight company owner also clarified why he ended their engagement over the phone. Devin Strader/Instagram

He went on to address Tran’s claim that he broke up with her during a “two-minute phone call” that left her “blindsided.”

“On the day that we broke up, I wasn’t acting weird. I really wanted to get to that happy couple [visit] and have that conversation with her in person. I did try to meet up with her,” he recalled.

Strader further claimed that Tran said she would not go if “it was just going to be a breakup,” so she “kind of forced [his] hand” to end their engagement over the phone.

Strader claimed he tried meeting up with Tran in person, but she did not want to go if he was going to break up with her. DISNEY/John Fleenor
Strader also thought they had ended their engagement on “good terms.” DISNEY/John Fleenor

The Houston native also accused the “Bachelor” alum of pulling a bait and switch on him by texting him that they were on “good terms” ahead of the “After the Final Rose” special and then ripping him to shreds during the taping.

He showed a screenshot of a text in which she purportedly confirmed they were “friends” in addition to another message saying she would “always be rooting” for him.

“It was really, really disheartening to hear the way Jenn described it because that wasn’t true, and we both knew that that wasn’t true,” he argued.

Strader said Tran talking poorly about him on the “After the Final Rose” special, as pictured here, was “disheartening.” ABC
He said her story during the finale was “incredibly difficult” to deal with. ABC

“But I didn’t want to fight with her. That wasn’t my intention. I never intended to go up there and bicker.”

Another point of contention between the exes was Strader’s admittedly “emotionally charged decision” to follow another “Bachelor” alum, Maria Georgas, on Instagram just one day after he split from Tran.

“I did apologize, and she is the only one who needed an apology. In that moment, I realized I made a mistake, and I am sorry to her for that. Reflecting back, I do realize that I did make a poor decision, and I shouldn’t be playing with people’s feelings, especially when it’s regarding their emotions,” he acknowleged.

Strader also admitted to following Maria Georgas, pictured here in July, on Instagram one day after he broke up with Tran. Getty Images
He maintained that he split from Tran because it was “best” for him. DISNEY

Strader summarized the video and his feelings by reiterating that the relationship was taking “an emotional toll” on him, so he made a “decision based on [his] own happiness.”

“At the end of the day, what’s best for me is what’s best for me,” he said, later adding, “I was trying to go through those avenues of life for myself and figure those things out for myself overall.”

He denied “trying to play the victim” and apologized to his ex-fiancée “for the way things played out.”

Tran has not responded to her ex’s video. Disney
She called him out for ending their engagement over the phone during “After the Final Rose,” as seen here. ABC

Tran, who is training to compete on the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars,” has yet to publicly respond to her ex’s video. Her rep did not return Page Six’s request for comment.

The aspiring physician assistant confronted Strader during “After the Final Rose,” which aired on Sept. 3, and called him out for showing interest in Georgas, who was then forced to clear the air herself.

“Hearing my name, I understand Jenn having to speak up about it. Say your piece, girlfriend, I respect it. I just think that without the full context, it leads people to believe a whole different narrative,” Georgas, 30, said in a TikTok video last week.

Tran is currently training to compete on “Dancing With the Stars.” Getty Images
Georgas, meanwhile, defended herself in a recent TikTok video. georgasisbored/Tiktok

The executive assistant, who competed on Joey Graziadei’s season of “The Bachelor” earlier this year, denied ever meeting up with Strader in person and said she “didn’t know” he had followed her on social media.

“I can’t control who follows who, but what I can control is what I do about it, and what I’m doing is not following back, and I never followed back, and now seeing how things transpired, I will never follow him,” she said.

“I have nothing to do with the ending of the relationship.”

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