Montana Brown’s reveal about rude celebrity sparks Wagatha Christie-style investigation

Montana Brown has set the internet alight with a story about a rude encounter with a certain celebrity.

The Love Island star rose to fame on the ITV dating show’s third series, during which she was coupled with Alex Beattie.

Now boasting well over one million followers across her social channels, she’s about as influential as it comes with influencers, sharing insights into her home life with fiancé Mark O’Connor and their two young children.

Her lifestyle, of course, entails showbiz events and interactions with big names, which can lead to some pretty juicy stories.

Montana, 29, took to TikTok this week with a rant, admitting she was ‘fuming’ after allegedly being snubbed by someone she used to be close with before they ‘surpassed’ her.

‘I feel like I just need to get it off my chest,’ she began. ‘So, imagine this: I meet said girl at a Comic Relief or a Sport Relief event, and she’s doing well, but she’s not got loads of followers … she was so shy, and I have this thing, whenever I see someone in the corner or on edge or anxious, I feel like I have to go and make friends with them.

‘So we got chatting, I made a real effort, and we became friends. I messaged her on Instagram afterwards because she followed me first, and I followed her back because I’m nice like that.’

What followed was seven to eight years of replying to one another’s Insta Stories, sending complimentary messages, and genuine friendship, with Montana only noticing recently that she had been unfollowed.

‘I just thought, like, “Who do you think you are?”,’ she raged. ‘That’s so rude!’

Diving deeper into matters, Montana claims she last saw the former pal at a concert at London’s O2, where they bumped into one another.

‘She looked at me like a piece of s**t,’ she blasted, alleging that the woman also snubbed her other friends, who had been ‘huge fans’ of hers.

Despite having plenty of other famous friends, Montana accused this now foe of having a ‘humongous ego’, adding that even upon meeting the likes of Cher and Meryl Streep, they made her feel ‘like the only woman in the room’.

Montana didn’t go into further specifics, but her frustration was clear in the video, with thousands of comments soon flooding in, speculating about who she might be referring to in somewhat of a Coleen Rooney/Rebekah Vardy-style plot.

Consequently, Montana responded in several other posts, shutting down rumours that the individual was Vick Hope, Molly-Mae Hague, Chloe Burrows, or Sophie Piper.

‘It’s no one from Love Island; it’s someone else. I’m trying not to give too much away,’ she teased. ‘But they now have over two million followers, but they had 80k when I first met them.’

After her first TikTok went viral, Montana found herself forced to deny to her string of influencer friends that she was talking about them.

And after gossiping with other industry pals, such as Olivia Attwood, she discovered that her own ex-friend has a ‘reputation’ of not being a ‘nice person’.

‘It doesn’t make sense to me, because there are people much bigger than said girl with way more grace and [who] are just polite to people and are a joy to work with,’ she said in another TikTok. ‘So, moral of the story, always be kind because your reputation will always precede you.’

Montana has now even had strangers approach her in public demanding to know the woman’s identity, to which she’s told them: ’10 out of 10 for effort, but I cannot disclose that information because I will be done for bullying, and I don’t want that; this was literally supposed to be a bit of a joke.’

So, the social media sleuths must continue their investigation, which hasn’t stopped many from growing irritated at Montana being so cryptic.

‘Why did you tell us, IF UR NOT GOING TO TELL US😭’, commented @shangarde.

‘Think I’m gonna start a petition to find out who it is or start a go fund me for you 😂🙌 … how can we bribe you into telling us the tea?’, wrote @lynsey1987.

Fellow celebs and influencers have also appeared in Montana’s comments section, declaring how ‘invested’ they are in the saga, such as Zara McDermott, Scarlett Moffatt, and Amber Davies.

And while she’s not helping people narrow it down, Montana has outright denied several other identities thrown into the mix. These include Saffron Barker, Perrie Sian, and Oti Mabuse.

Detective hats back on, people. We’ve got work to do…

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