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'We believe him': ‘Selling the OC’ fans support Sean Palmieri as they bash Austin Victoria and Tyler Stanaland over ‘threesome’ drama

Sean Palmieri shows text messages from Tyler Stanaland to his 'Selling the OC' costars

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: After the threesome drama unfolded on 'Selling Sunset', fans were supportive of Sean Palmieri and believed that Austin Victoria and Tyler Stanaland were lying. Rumors began circulating that Austin and his wife Lisa may have actually proposed the threesome that Sean was claiming about. 

"This very staged conversation between Austin and his wife in episode three makes them look as if Sean is telling the truth. Neither one of them are very convincing, especially his wife," said one user. "Absolutely believe that Austin and his wife Lisa propositioned Sean for a threesome. Austin was throwing stones at Jarvis for being at that “swinger party with old fat men,” meanwhile it was confusing why HE was there without his wife," said another. "Watching #SellingTheOC and all I’m gonna say is— I 100% BELIEVE SEAN! Austin and Tyler are being beyond weird with him and it gives they wanted him #SellingOC," added another.

"It’s kinda funny how Austin started by lying and then tried to gaslight Sean. Only Tyler the nepo baby, Hall and Polly are believing Austin," said one. "The way Austin is reacting to Sean. Yeah….and I need Alex to stfu! Cause I ain’t never meant a gay man that was closeted about his interests. Straight married men tho…," added one. "WHY DOES TYLER THINK SEAN IS SCARED OF AUSTIN LAME ASS! YOU CLEARLY CAN SEE SEAN DOESN’T GIVE NOT ONE FUCK. LIKE TYLER PLS SHUT UP! IF ANYTHING YALL SHOULD BE SCARED!," added another. 

Austin says Sean might have a crush on Tyler

During a discussion at work, Austin Victoria hinted that Sean might have feelings for Tyler after Sean mentioned that Tyler and his wife Lisa expressed interest in a threesome with him. Sean then revealed that Tyler had been sending him flirtatious texts since his breakup with his ex-wife Brittany Snow in 2022.

Sean confronted Tyler about these texts in front of their colleagues, pulling up screenshots of lengthy paragraphs from his phone to illustrate his point.Sean then related an alleged three-hour phone discussion he had with Tyler following his breakup with Brittany, during which Tyler said: "No wonder you prefer masculine energy. Women are crazy. Let's go drinking."

Sean Palmieri reveals Tyler Stanaland's text to everyone 

During a conversation, Sean proved to Ali that Tyler was flirting with him by revealing the texts. While Ali was surprised to hear this, Alexandra admitted she had also seen Tyler's texts and believed Tyler had a crush on Sean. Sean then showed Ali screenshots of the texts, which were quite lengthy. He pointed out that Tyler frequently used multiple heart emojis throughout their discussions.

Sean read out a portion of one message, which said, "Because our friendship comes first, no matter what. Love you long time," followed by a love emoji. Sean also noticed that Tyler often used heart emojis in their conversations.

After the chat, Sean approached Tyler and accused him of going around telling people they were never friends and behaving erratically. In front of their coworkers, Sean claimed that Tyler had assured him he was his "best friend for life" and sent him heart emojis.

Tyler, in a confessional, defended his use of heart emojis, saying, "If a heart emoji is inappropriate, then I'm inappropriate with everybody I text." Later, Sean showed images of Instagram DMs where Tyler had suggested romantic plans, including a video of two women sipping wine with their legs wrapped around each other, implying it was them. Tyler did not deny the messages but became increasingly upset as Sean showed them to Ali.