SHORTLY after Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler announced they’re getting a divorce, fans started to speculate he’s hanging out with her ex-BFF Kelly Henderson.
Rumors started swirling after the celebrity stylist, 37, posted a photo with a mystery man who followers believe to be Jay, 37.
Kristin and Jay revealed this past Sunday that, after 10 years together, they’ve come to the “loving conclusion to get a divorce” because they’ve grown apart.
Just a few days after the couple, who share three kids together, announced their split, Kristin’s former best friend Kelly uploaded a photo of a guy wearing a bracelet similar to the ones Jay wears.
The Nashville-set picture only showed the guy’s arms, as well as a drink in his hand, causing fans’ imagination to run wild, especially since Jay and Kelly had been accused of cheating together previously.
She captioned the Instagram post on Friday: “Much needed happy hour. Happy Friday y’all.”
Immediately, fans started accusing the retired NFL star and Kelly of hanging out together amid his divorce from her former bestie.
One follower commented: “I feel nauseous. I hope this is not what I think it is.”
Another wrote: “If this is Jay then your level of class just went to 0.”
A third said: “This is an extremely disappointing, attention seeking, and ill-timed post….with the obvious bracelet decoy.”
Other fans called the post “shady” and “messy” and used the photo as evidence of why Kristin and Kelly “aren’t friends” anymore.
Although fans pointed out that the guy’s bracelet in the photo looks similar to the one Jay wears, especially in a post of his from April 2019, a source told E! News that he’s not the mystery man.
The insider said: “This is 100 percent not Jay. This is Kelly seeking attention.
“That’s all this is. It’s very sad that she felt the need to do this for some followers.”
The source continued: “Jay is not involved with Kelly. Even if he were, he would never risk his position in the divorce by doing something as public as this.”
Very Cavallari co-stars Kristin and Kelly were incredibly close until they had a major falling out a few months ago when the stylist was accused of cheating with Jay.
Kristin opened up about it during the season 3 premiere of her show, saying: “When season two was airing, there was a lot of talk on social media about Jay and Kelly having an affair.
“Not for one second have I ever thought that it was true.
It wasn’t the actual accusations of them having an affair that made me upset, it was how Kelly went about it.”
During the drama of the affair allegations, the glam specialist would often bring up the former athlete on social media, causing the Laguna Beach alum to believe she “was using Jay for her own personal gain.”
These new rumors between her ex-love and her ex-bff are just the latest drama in Kristin’s life, as she and Jay are in a tense spot with figuring out their living situation amid the pandemic and custody of their kids.
They’re reportedly reached a temporary agreement to split custody of their three children — sons Camden, 7, and Jaxon, 5, and daughter Saylor, 4.
It also appears she’ll be moving out into a place of her own.