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Ryan Gallagher has gone to war with The Bachelor’s Abbie Chatfield over her clash with his friend, comedian Nikki Osborne.
Abbie, 26, had condemned Nikki in a string of Instagram posts on Monday night, after the 40-year-old shared a questionable meme comparing comparing the Covid vaccine mandate to rape.
The post in question, which has since been deleted, depicts convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein alongside actress Lindsay Lohan, with the caption: ‘The original no jab, no job’.
The meme makes reference to Covid-19 vaccine mandates, and compares them to Weinstein’s ‘casting couch’ crimes.
It wasn’t long before Ryan, 33, stepped in to defend Nikki, who starred with him on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2020, sending Abbie a series of messages accusing her of being a ‘wingey little girl’ with no sense of humour.
Abbie promptly published several screen-grabs of their conversation to her Instagram Stories.
Reality star showdown: I’m a Celebrity’s Ryan Gallagher, 33 (left) has accused The Bachelor’s Abbie Chatfield, 26, (right) of ‘bullying’ his friend Nikki Osborne after the comedian compared vaccine mandates to rape
Divisive: Abbie, 26, had condemned Nikki (pictured) in a string of Instagram posts on Monday night, after the 40-year-old shared a questionable meme comparing comparing the Covid vaccine mandate to rape
Enraged, Ryan retaliated by uploading a fiery rant to his own Instagram Stories, accusing Abbie of ‘bullying’.
‘There’s someone online saying things, twisting words and saying that I believe in rape and stuff like that… like, come on. Let’s not get our Instagram bloody army and bully people like you do to everyone,’ he said to the camera while filming himself lying on the floor shirtless.
‘Like, Sam Frost. She had to delete her Instagram,’ he added, referring to Abbie’s recent posts slamming The Bachelorette star for coming out as unvaccinated and accusing the public of unfairly judging her.
Meme: The post, which has since been deleted, depicts convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein (right) alongside actress Lindsay Lohan (left), with the caption: ‘The original no jab, no job’. The meme makes reference to Covid-19 vaccine mandates, and compares them to Weinstein’s crimes. The disgraced American film producer is serving a 23-year sentence after a jury found him guilty in March 2020 of rape and sexual assault
‘You say you’re a feminist, and then you literally put every woman down on the planet. Tell me the last thing I put on here that put a woman down. I’m more of a feminist than she is. It’s just bullying. I’m just sick of it!’ he exclaimed.
Ryan went on to defend his pal Nikki, insisting that she has a right to joke about anything she pleases.
‘[Nikki has] got a sense of humour, and that’s her sense of humour. If she wants to joke about it, let her! If you don’t like it, f**king delete her! Block it. Just don’t watch it! Send her a message on Instagram and say, ‘I don’t think you should be doing that”, he fumed.
Feud laid bare: Abbie published several screen grabs of her heated conversation with Ryan
‘You say you’re a feminist, and then you literally put every woman down on the planet’: Enraged, Ryan retaliated by uploading a fiery rant to his own Instagram Stories, accusing Abbie of ‘bullying’
Ryan insisted that, while he may not see the humour in Nikki’s joke, there are plenty of others who do.
‘She made a bad joke – people do it. I never once said that joke was funny,’ he said.
Earlier on Monday, Abbie had shared a series of Instagram Stories directed at Nikki over the comedian’s Weinstein meme.
If you don’t like it, f**king delete her!’ Ryan insisted that, while he may not see the humour in Nikki’s joke, there are plenty of others who do
Response: In a series of videos shared to her Instagram Stories on Monday, Abbie began: ‘I don’t know if you’re anti vax, I will assume you’re not because that would be awkward for a live performer’
‘I don’t know if you’re anti vax, I will assume you’re not because that would be awkward for a live performer,’ Abbie began.
‘Imagine a female in the industry to think it’s funny to make fun of rape and sexual assault victims. Jokes about rape aren’t funny. Unless it’s about your own sexual assault as a coping mechanism.
‘Have you been sexually assaulted Nikki? If you have, what are you doing? If you haven’t, what are you doing? Have you got a friend who has been raped? Because most people have.’
Abbie continued: ‘Imagine a female in the industry to think it’s funny to make fun of rape and sexual assault victims. Jokes about rape aren’t funny’
Abbie went on: ‘So for you to sit there and make a joke likening the vaccine that is saving lives to rape…
‘I don’t know if you’re anti-vax but it’s a ridiculous joke. Likening the vaccine to rape is one of the most disgusting things I have seen in my entire life.
‘Imagine being so sh*t at comedy that you have to make fun of rape victims.’
Abbie went on: ‘So for you to sit there and make a joke likening the vaccine that is saving lives to rape… I don’t know if you’re anti-vax but it’s a ridiculous joke. Likening the vaccine to rape is one of the most disgusting things I have seen in my entire life’
Nikki posted a reply to the outrage on her Instagram Stories on Monday evening, writing: ‘Dear Mob, You’ve been misinformed. Your quarrel is not with me. I’m on your team. Warmest, Casting couch survivor’
The reality star then questioned why Nikki was using her large platform, and fame as the host of Channel Ten’s Just For Laughs, to share such material.
‘And being a female comedian in this industry, and making fun of rape victims, and still being able to host a TV show… Maybe try and muster up some empathy,’ the podcaster added.
Nikki posted a reply to the outrage on her Instagram Stories on Monday evening, writing: ‘Dear Mob, You’ve been misinformed. Your quarrel is not with me. I’m on your team. Warmest, Casting couch survivor’.
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Questions: The reality star then questioned why Nikki was using her large platform, and fame as the host of Channel Ten’s Just For Laughs, to share such material
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