Who Is Clare Crawley Shading With Her Cameo Tweets?

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Clare Crawley’s season of The Bachelorette hasn’t started yet, but the drama has already arrived.

It all began when Crawley posted a couple of tweets shading one of the contestants on her season, which stopped production due to coronavirus.

“If you are doing interviews and creating Cameo accounts before you are even on my season... you are in it for the wrong reasons... #dontwasteyourtime,” Crawley said. A few hours later, she tweeted again, saying, “Respect the opportunity you’ve been given. Respect the rules. Respect me.”

If you are doing interviews and creating Cameo accounts before you are even on my season... you are in it for the wrong reasons... #dontwasteyourtime
— Clare Crawley (@Clare_Crawley) April 25, 2020

Respect the opportunity you’ve been given. Respect the rules. Respect me. @BacheloretteABC ❤️
— Clare Crawley (@Clare_Crawley) April 25, 2020

Fans quickly pieced together who Crawley might be referring to thanks to that Cameo mention: contestant Matt James, who also happens to be Tyler Cameron’s best friend. James seemingly responded to Crawley’s subtweet explaining the reason behind his breaking of the official (unofficial?) Bachelor Nation rule of no press before the show airs.

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“For those of you who may have missed the message earlier this week, myself and Alex Bachman, my former teammate and current New York Giants wide receiver, pledged all of our Cameo earnings to the Robin Hood Foundation to fight this fight,” James said in a video posted to his Instagram Story. The foundation seeks to “to fight poverty in New York City,” according to their website.

Video: INSTAGRAM/MATT JAMES.

Following James’ response, many fans called out Crawley and said her tweets were “pathetic.” Some even suggested that viewers skip watching her season, and to just cast James as the Bachelor instead.

Matt James is way more than "your season" Clare.... this tweet is actually pathetic I'm embarrassed
— ShayShay (@s_lebeda) April 25, 2020

Thank you! Lets just skip your season all together and make him the bachelor. Now that I would watch pic.twitter.com/14f2fbN0hh
— Yoana Cisneros (@yoanacisneross) April 25, 2020

If this is about Matt, everyone loved him before you came into the bachelorette picture LOL sorry girl!
— Taylor Sweeten (@tay_tom27) April 25, 2020

So a man who breaks the rules to help kids in poverty during a pandemic isn't your thing??? Sorry I'm a teacher who is triggered by this selfishness..our kids need a rule breaker right now...🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
— Amyjo76 (@anock03) April 25, 2020

Chris Harrison did say there was a possibility that Crawley’s contestants would be recast when production started back up again. So, guess we’ll have to wait and see if James gets a rose or the boot.

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