Carolina Sofia and Dina Lupancu’s TikTok Feud Has Given Us More Drama Than We’ve Gotten All Season on ‘The Bachelor’

Grant Ellis’ season of The Bachelor is coming to a close, and to be completely honest, it’s been a snooze fest of a season. There have been no jaw-dropping scandals, major plot twists, or notorious villains this season; everyone is just simply moving through the motions. However, some online drama between two contestants, Carolina Sofia and Dina Lupancu, is heating up — which is becoming more interesting than anything we’ve seen this season. The two contestants, who were seemingly in each other’s corners, suddenly began taking shots at each other on TikTok. The online feud is turning out to really garner quite a bit of buzz — turning viewers’ attention back to the show. This TikTok beef may be just what The Bachelor needs to salvage this boring season.

What Happened Between Carolina Sofia and Dina Lupancu?

Carolina and Dina’s feud really came out of left field considering the two were backing each other up during episode 4. Carolina had already been ruffling some feathers this season, but things came to a head when she expressed that she didn’t feel that she knew Grant well enough to get engaged to him after just one date. The other women were oddly upset by this, especially Juliana Pasquarosa, who called her ungrateful. During the cocktail party, Dina was the only one who jumped to Carolina’s defense. She expressed to the group that she understood how Carolina felt. Carolina told Dina that she loved her and thanked her for standing up for her. It was heartwarming to see the two of them understand each other. However, things very quickly took a turn for the worse between the two.

A day after episode 4 aired, Dina took to TikTok posting a video in which she lip-synced to the viral audio clip, “Because you know in a moment, it could all boom.” Dina captioned the post, “When you defend the one person nobody else would… just to get played the next week.” She also wrote, “Your Honor I’d like to withdraw as counsel.” Being a lawyer, Dina is clearly implying that she regrets defending Carolina. In response, Carolina posted a video lip-syncing to the same trending audio, but captioned it “Seeing someone use this sound as if I don’t have screenshots of our conversation as evidence.” Dina then posted another video in which she wrote, “I tease next week’s preview and she responds with…a threat? Interesting tactic but on brand I guess.” Dina was clearly using the video as a tactic to promote the next week’s episode, but Carolina took it as a personal attack.

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So what was Dina previewing? Well, we now know that Dina and Carolina get into a blowup in episode 5. Dina becomes increasingly frustrated with Carolina, who is monopolizing her time with Grant, yet constantly complaining about how she has no time with him. The ladies all feel that Carolina has become this cloud of negativity looming over them. During the cocktail party, Dina goes off on Carolina, saying “Do you not have any free will? Could you not stop a conversation?” referring to Carolina hogging time with Grant. However, during the rose ceremony, Carolina pulls Dina aside, and thanks her for defending her the week prior. The two seemingly make up before Carolina is sent home. Considering their online feud now, I think we can say their beef has not been completely squashed.

Although starting this feud seems like a petty move on Dina’s part, if you think about it, it’s actually genius. This season really hasn’t garnered much buzz compared to previous seasons of The Bachelor. Quite frankly, Grant has been a fairly boring lead, and the drama between the ladies has also not been all that interesting. Production tried to paint Zoe McGrady as the villain, which backfired after many fans rallied in her corner. Now it looks like the villains are putting the label on themselves. Something needed to happen to bring this season back to life — and an unprovoked TikTok feud is getting the job done.

According to TV Series Finale, the ratings this season have continued to drop from episodes 1 through 3. Only when episodes 4 and 5 aired did ratings begin to improve. A coincidence? I don’t think so. The demographic that watches The Bachelor is active on social media, especially TikTok. Igniting a feud on social media is going to make people question what’s happening, wanting the details on the drama. Viewers are now on the edge of their seats wondering what’s going to happen next. Although Carolina ended up leaving in episode 5, the feud will recruit more viewers for “The Women Tell All” episode, where fans may get more information about where Carolina and Dina stand now.

Watching Carolina and Dina’s beef play out online was more interesting than The Bachelor itself has been. With the lack of a scandal, an interesting leading man, and a villain, this season has been hard to watch. However, Carolina and Dina came to the rescue! Their TikTok feud is creating enough buzz on social media that viewership will begin to increase for the coming episodes, especially “The Women Tell All.”