Jade Roper Tolbertwon big in a recent fantasy football contest, but it didn’t take long before many online began to accuse her of colluding with her husband,Tanner Tolbert.
Over the weekend, several people began tweeting that theBachelor in Paradiseseason 2 winner, 32, had finished in first place in a DraftKings fantasy contest for the NFL’s wild-card round — and that her prize was $1 million.
“I’m pretty sure this girl was onThe Bachelor. I only know this because my girlfriend forces me to watch it,” wrote one Twitter user, alongside a screenshot of the results page, which showed the reality star’s payout as well as a photograph of herself and her husband.
“Hahahathat’s me! And Tanner told me I shouldn’t play DK Metcalf!” Jade replied, referring to the Seattle Seahawks wide receiver who earned 32 points in the fantasy contest following his team’s victory against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, according toCBS Sports.
Tanner and Jade Roper Tolbert.Paul Archuleta/Getty
In response to another Twitter user who commented on how the news cut across very different fandoms, she replied, “Doesn’t even feel realover here! Officially speechless. LIKE WHAAAAAAAAT.”
FellowBachelor in ParadisealumCarly Waddellalso commented on the news, writing, “HAHAHHAHAHAA OMGTHIS IS NUTS!!! HELL YES!!!!!!!”
However, many on Twitter have accused the couple of working together in order to gain an unfair advantage.
Numerous social media users shared screenshots that appeared to show the breakdowns between which players the couple built their lineups around, noting that there seemed to be astrong correlationbetween the choices. One specific list of quarterbacks also seemed to show that the majority of Jade’s choices played in Saturday’s games while the majority of Tanner’s played on Sunday.
Additional sleuthing from Twitter users appeared to show that the pair each picked 150 lineups, which generated300 unique entries.
“This is absolutely insanity and is the the clearest collusion ever. Check the QBs lmao,”wroteone Twitter user, while another alleged, “She and her husband cheated, end of story.”
“Everyone realizes the two of them max entered and split their player exposure, right? And that is illegal,”addedanother.
Yet another Twitter user pointed out a tweet, which appears to have been deleted, from fellowBachelor in ParadisealumChris Randone, congratulating Tanner on his win, instead of his wife.
“OMG congrats to my boy @ttolbert05 winning the f- milly maker!!!!”readthe Tweet, to which Tanner replied, “Technically Jades lineup won…but til death do us part”
The next day, Randone seemingly addressed the controversy, tweeting, “I’m done speaking on the situation that doesn’t involve me. Two great friends I love and support in which I thought was doing the right thing in defending from the information I personally know that’s valid But with the hate messages and death threats I just want to be left alone.”
“I mean theybasically told on themselvestrying to make it seem like they weren’t working together, lol” claimed one Twitter user.
According to DraftKing’swebsite, “group play behavior designed to gain an unfair advantage over others” is against the rules.
As an example of the behavior, DraftKings described the following scenario: “You and 2 of your friends coordinate the makeup of the lineups you build AND coordinate which contests you enter using them.” Another example reads: “you and a group of friends collaborate in NFL contest to each draft different QBs and WRs, to guarantee you aren’t competing as directly with each other.”
“We take the integrity and fairness of our contests very seriously and are looking into this matter,” the spokesperson said.
source: people.com
