Ashlyn Castro, the influencer and model girlfriend of Jude Bellingham, has taken to social media to hit back at trolls and clear up several rumours about her private life.
It was revealed in January that Bellingham, 21, and Castro, 27, were dating, with the footballer going public with his new partner in February as he flew back from Real Madrid’s Champions League clash against Man City at the Etihad alongside her.
The pair have since been seen together on multiple occasions, including last month at the Bernabeu as they watched a Real game from the stands alongside Bellingham’s mum Denise.
However, the start of Castro’s relationship with Bellingham has been marred by claims about Castro’s past along with an escort site hoax.
She was previously linked with Hollywood actor Michael B Jordan and NBA stars LaMelo Ball and Terance Mann, while a viral video also claimed that Castro had dated Lewis Hamilton and Jamie Foxx after making tenuous links between social media activity.
Elsewhere, one fan shared a site called ‘DynastySeries.com’ – which some claimed was a luxury escort website – and a profile on it for ‘Ashlyn Castro’, although this claim was quickly debunked.
Ashlyn Castro, Jude Bellingham’s girlfriend, has taken to TikTok to hit back at several rumours
Bellingham went public with her last month and they were seen at a Real Madrid game together
The start of their relationship has been marred by several false claims about Castro’s past
And, in an emotional monologue on TikTok of more than 10 minutes, Castro, who has more than 600,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, put to bed several false rumours.
‘I don’t even know where to begin, but I’m going to try my best to just get into it,’ she said in a video that was titled ‘The hardest part is not speaking the truth, but finding the courage to do it’.
She went onto debunk several claims made about her, including allegations of being unfaithful.
‘It makes me super uncomfortable talking on camera about my personal life,’ Castro added. ‘I’ve never even really spoken on camera too many times, so bear with me.
‘Every angle you can think of, people have attacked me, harassed me, been so disrespectful. It’s just been too much.
‘Let’s talk about this dating history. I’ve had three boyfriends over the last eight years. In 2017, I was in my very first relationship and he’s a public figure, so because of that, I’ve dealt with people talking about me, making up things about me.
‘There was nothing on the internet about me prior, so people kind of just made up a bunch of things to justify hating me because of who I was dating at the time.
‘And then over the last six years after that, I’ve dated two people. So three relationships in total.’
Castro hit back at rumours surrounding her dating past in an ‘extremely personal’ monologue
A fake profile for Castro on a website named ‘DynastySeries.com’ was shared on social media
Castro’s former partner Mann has previously publicly defended her and similarly refuted false allegations made about the influencer.
‘Ashlyn is cool, people,’ Mann told his viewers in a TikTok live stream. ‘I don’t know why everybody is on her head about anything. She’s cool. Me and Ash are cool.’
He added that he was certain Castro was not unfaithful and that people should ‘calm that narrative down’.
There have also been allegations that Castro has previously created fake social media accounts, something she similarly denied.
‘I’ve never made a fake page or a fake account to say anything,’ Castro explained. ‘If I’m going to say something it’s going to come from my real page.
‘I think people should be held accountable for what they do and say. The same people claiming that I’ve retweeted offensive things when the only Twitter account I’ve ever had I made in 2013 and I tweeted one time.
‘I have no retweets, no favourites, no nothing.’
Castro bravely then went onto discuss the challenges she found in making the video, outlining how sharing such information is not easy for her to do.
Castro also opened up on the challenges she found from having to do the TikTok video
She said people have ‘attacked me, harassed me, been so disrespectful’ and made things up
Castro’s former partner Terance Mann has previously defended her and hit back at trolls
‘I’m like shaking because I’m not ready to talk about this on the internet,’ she added. ‘This is extremely personal. This is my real life. I shouldn’t have to talk about this.
‘But moving forward I will talk about things that are important such as mental health. This is something that I wanted to use my platform for but I just wasn’t ready.’
Meanwhile, Castro met Bellingham’s parents – Denise and Mark – in Madrid last month and while her and Bellingham haven’t publicly shared any photos together, they are believed to be very happy with how their relationship is progressing.
Elsewhere, in relation to the escort site hoax, photographer Brian Parker had quickly debunked the wild fan theory and revealed that the site had taken pictures from a previous shoot he did with Castro.
Taking to Instagram, he wrote: ‘This website has been taking photos from my Instagram page from actual photo shoots I’ve done.
‘Ashlyn has never been associated with adult websites like you’re claiming. All of these so called ‘never before seen photos’ are public and have been on Instagram where anyone can see & save the photos for whatever. It’s common sense’.
Castro, who hails from Los Angeles, appears to live a varied and artistic life based off her exploits on Instagram.
The model has shared photographs from art galleries, skyscraper bars, mountain landscapes, and the gym, along with several selfies.
