Bachelorette Jenn Tran Says 'Devin Disrespected Me' but 'It Has Nothing to Do with Maria' (Exclusive)

Jenn Tran is addressing Maria Georgas’ response to the claim that Devin Strader followed her right after ending their engagement.

After Jenn called out Devin’s behavior following her historic proposal to him on The Bachelorette season 21 finale, she tells PEOPLE exclusively why she brought up him following Maria on social media at After the Final Rose.

Pointing out his lack of consideration for their relationship — Jenn said Devin broke off their engagement in a 15-minute phone conversation — the Bachelorette says her comment about Maria was simply an example of Devin’s poor choices.

“When I had mentioned her name on stage, I knew it was going to make this big splash, but for me it was important to highlight the ways in which Devin disrespected me,” Jenn explains. “It has nothing to do with Maria. I know that nothing happened.”

“She's a lot smarter than Devin,” Jenn continues. “I know that she wouldn't have done anything with it anyways. So I wasn't calling that out to basically speculate what's happening because I know that there was nothing happening. But it was the fact in which he had tried is what is disappointing to me.”

Jenn also reveals that Maria hasn’t reached out to her personally, but she did watch Maria’s TikTok video talking about the situation, where she reiterated that she has never interacted with Devin and didn’t plan to.

“Listen, I love the girl. I support her from afar, and I'm happy that we can be on good terms and that's all,” Jenn tells PEOPLE, adding. “It’s alright.”

Someone unexpected who Jenn says she did hear from though, was Sam M., who had spent much of his time on The Bachelorette bringing attention to Devin being there for the wrong reasons.

"Sam reached out to me and sent me a message, which honestly was very nice,” she admits. 

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or Sam M. after viewers saw him tell her that the rest of the guys expected Maria or Daisy — who were onJoey Graziadei’s season with Jenn — to be the Bachelorette. Still, Jenn says she is grateful for the support all the men have offered her.

“At the end of the day, I think that there is a point in which they were talking about Devin and again, not really saying anything about me out in public, and that's that,” she says. “But I mean, at this point, I don't owe them anything. They don't owe me anything. It is what it is.”

On Thursday, Sept. 5, just two days after the After the Final Rose special aired, Maria took to her social media to clear up rumors she had been spending time with Devin. She captioned the post: “Put it to rest.”

“I’m over coming to defense for my character," she said. "I know who I am and my friends and family know who I am. The fact that I had you guys watch me through a screen and still be able to see how real I was, I have no words. I understand Jenn having to speak up about it — say your piece, girlfriend, I respect it. I just think without the full context, it leads people to believe a whole different narrative.”

“I had no clue about Devin’s follow until people brought it to my attention,” she continued. “And by that time, when I found out, he had unfollowed. Let me clear the air on something: I have never met Devin before… I never went clubbing out with Devin. He did his own thing. Did I go out with Jeremy – a night with friends, a bunch of us together? Yes, I did.”

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