A badly misinterpreted subtweet sent out by University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Lexi Strand threw friends and family into a frenzy this weekend.
Approximately 22 of Strand’s 173 Twitter followers were shaken up by the ominous statement that simply read “i trusted you [sic], jumped to irrational and paranoid conclusions.”
Fighting his way through a swarm of The Daily Cardinal reporters en route to his friend Jack Totey’s dorm, Strand’s longtime boyfriend Andy Jones had something to say Saturday night.
“It was one girl last spring break, and we only made out!” he said. “Jack is the only one who knew about that; I’m going to kill that kid. Get that camera out of my face!”
After Jones stormed out of his room, a rattled Aaron Cribbs, Jones’ roommate, best friend and the man Strand has been cheating on him with, immediately Facebook-messaged Strand saying, “I didn’t say anything to anyone about us! You CAN trust me. Did Andy find out or something?!”
Later that night, Strand’s girlfriends in Sellery and Ogg came to the conclusion that the tweet was a passive-aggressive attempt to call them out for “talking shit behind Lexi’s back.” They quickly made a pact to banish Strand from their group and to never speak to her again.
Strand’s subsequent tweets later that evening only added fuel to the fire, including, “who are you? do i even know you?” and, “you didn’t think the whole world was gonna find out?”
By then, Cindy Strand, Lexi’s mother, was certain that her daughter had discovered the fact that she was adopted, and left a 25-minute voicemail on the freshman’s phone apologizing for not letting her know sooner, telling her how much she loved her and assuring her she was still her daughter no matter what.
When Cardinal reporters could finally reach Lexi Strand for questioning, she replied, “Wait, what? My friend told me Justin Bieber got caught with weed, and I was like freaking out. I was so mad. He’s my idol, and I thought he was better than that.”
Strand has since stopped tweeting, this time “for good.”
