An online slinging match appears to have erupted between former Love Island Australia couple Tayla Damir and Grant Crapp.
The exes, who split after Tayla discovered the 23-year-old had a secret girlfriend, both posted cryptic messages on Instagram in the past week.
The beauty queen, 21, commenced the apparent exchange last Saturday, sharing a post about rising above people’s ‘lame’ antics.
Bad blood?! Love Island Australia’s ex-couple Tayla Damir (left) and Grant Crapp (right) engage in lame slinging match as they post cryptic messages to Instagram
‘Not every situation needs a reaction. Sometimes you just gotta leave people to do the lame stuff they do and just vibrate higher,’ Tayla wrote on August 25.
24 hours later, the Canberra electrician appeared to hit back at his ex-girlfriends’ choice of words.
‘Not every situation needs a reaction. However if you post about a situation, that’s clearly still a reaction,’ Grant wrote on the photo-sharing platform on August 26.
‘Not every situation needs a reaction. Sometimes you just gotta leave people to do the lame stuff they do and just vibrate higher’: The Lebanese beauty queen, 21, (pictured) commenced the rather juvenile exchange last Saturday by sharing a post about rising above people’s ‘lame’ antics
He accompanied the cryptic caption with more fighting words, writing:’been there done that.’
Meanwhile, the brunette beauty accompanied her caption with a sassy head shot.
Clad in an all-black ensemble, Tayla was seen pulling a playful smirk for the camera lens.
‘Not every situation needs a reaction. However if you post about a situation, that’s clearly still a reaction’: 24 hours later, the Canberra electrician (pictured) appeared to hit back at his ex-girlfriends’ choice of words
The tense exchanged transpired days before Tayla cast doubt as to whether Grant will receive his cut of the $50,000 prize money after hiding a secret girlfriend from TV bosses while filming.
‘It’s up to Channel Nine whether he gets it or not,’ Tayla told New Idea on Monday.
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‘There were contracts in place, you weren’t meant to go on the show if you were in a relationship. But at the end of the day I chose to split it with him.
‘I don’t regret splitting the money at all. I was in love at that moment and I did want to split it with him.’
During the show’s finale almost two months ago, Tayla chose love over money – meaning the former couple would equally split the prize money and continue as a couple upon their return to Australia.
Rule breaker: During an interview with New Idea, Tayla, 21, has now cast doubt as to whether ex Grant, 23, will receive his cut at all after hiding a secret girlfriend from TV bosses
However, just days later things fell apart for the pair when it was revealed that Grant had hidden a secret girlfriend, Lucy Cartwright, by Love Island bosses during filming.
Despite their romance coming to a sudden end, Tayla added: ‘I personally would never want to take his $25K for myself.’
‘If I was to be given it back, it would go to charity.’
‘I wouldn’t want him to have that over me. I don’t want his money.’
‘It’s up to Channel Nine whether he gets it or not,’ Tayla said before claiming she wouldn’t want his cut – and would give it to charity if she received it
‘I wouldn’t want him to have that over me. I don’t want his money,’ Tayla concluded