Bella Thorne has resurrected a years-old celebrity feud by accusing musician Charlie Puth of publicly shaming her and orchestrating a hate campaign in 2016, simply because, she alleges, she wouldn’t have sex with him.
The bombshell allegation was left in the comments of a viral Instagram post about Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall declining to work with Puth. Thorne, 26, left a bombshell comment below the post:
“Yeah I mean.. he lied to the entire world about me and started a hate train. All because I wouldn’t …. Do the deed with him.”
The revelation has stunned fans and once again sparked interest in the bizarre and bitter end to Thorne and Puth’s short-lived romance nearly a decade ago.
A Brief, Publicly Imploded Romance
In December 2016, Bella Thorne, who had recently dated actor Tyler Posey, was spotted spending time with Puth. The two were photographed holding hands and clubbing, and Puth seemed to confirm the romance with a series of cryptic and emotional tweets. The whole thing imploded in real-time, though.
Charlie tweeted and later deleted a barrage of posts seemingly accusing Bella of cheating on him with Posey. “No one should have their heart messed with like this, and I’m not going to be in the middle of it,” one now-infamous tweet read.
The backlash against Thorne was immediate and brutal. Social media labeled her a cheater and a homewrecker. However, Bella always denied the narrative.
“I had gone out with Charlie twice. We went to the movies. He was cool,” she explained in an interview on The Jenny McCarthy Show on SiriusXM. She insisted that she was not dating Posey when she went out with Puth, calling the cheating rumors exaggerated and false. “Everything got blown way out of proportion,” she explained.
Bella’s New Accusation: Sex, Lies, and Reputation Warfare
Now, nearly nine years later, Thorne’s new statement paints Puth’s behavior in an even more disturbing light. According to her, the public fallout wasn’t the result of romantic confusion. It was retaliation.
“All because I wouldn’t …. Do the deed with him,” she wrote, implying that Puth manipulated public perception after being sexually rejected.
As of press time, Charlie Puth has not responded to the claim. Where Is The Buzz has reached out to his representatives for comment.
“Attention” and a Pattern?
Thorne’s claim gains added gravity when viewed through the lens of Puth’s own words from 2017, when he publicly dissected his hit song “Attention,” a track about a woman who flirted with him but didn’t follow through with sex.
In a Genius lyric breakdown video, Puth recalled being invited to sleep over by a woman, only to leave disappointed multiple times:
“I’d be like, Yes, I’m gonna get it in! And then nothing would happen which is totally fine, but after like the fifth time of that happening, I knew what she was doing.”
He described the woman as“manipulative,” alleging that she “wanted me to be attached to her hip at all times,” without giving him what he “wanted out of her.”
Fans are now questioning whether the woman Puth referenced was Thorne, and whether Attention was part of a larger effort to weaponize his music against her.
Fans React to the Allegation
Social media has been divided, with some slamming Puth for alleged misogynistic behavior and others questioning Thorne’s motives for speaking out now.
One X user posted:
“If Bella’s telling the truth, this is terrifying. A guy didn’t get sex and then torched her entire public image for it.”
Another added:
“Charlie Puth owes Bella Thorne a MASSIVE public apology. If she’s right, he didn’t just slut-shame her, he rewrote the narrative and played victim.”
Others urged caution, noting the lack of evidence beyond Bella’s comment. Still, the resurfaced “Attention” interview, in which Puth openly aired frustrations about not being sexually gratified, is doing him no favors in the court of public opinion.
