#fake af

This screams damage control and it's even more obvious that Nic overcompensating

I don't see anything natural about this dump and you would think he would try to make it look like that's a stable committed relationship and he would show himself looking productive and working but we get pics of him with the yacht girl who's not even girlfriend material.

There is no way in hell I will believe he's doing nothing but swimming on the beach all the time and not trying to work and I will never believe he would be serious about a bland mean girl who has no talent and no job majority of the year, that whole dump looks fake af

We know who you're actually in love with and it's not that stripper...oops I mean dancer. It doesn't take years to tag a girlfriend and it should be a natural thing to do not when you have to do damage control. He only ever posts her when he needs to prove something to strangers on SM not when he's being a loving and spontaneous boyfriend

I would add these:

Can't trust Nic or her friends who try to claim she's dating Jake

Can't trust influencers because they get paid to lie and sell a story

Can't trust pap pics because they are paid to sell a story or take pics out of context

Can't trust fan sightings because they can be told to sign a NDA, make assumptions, lie because what they see doesn't fit their narrative, they can be told to post a latergram, or the celebrity could see them and play into the narrative

Can't trust a couple is real based on a kiss because people in PR relationships kiss all the time

Can't trust actors acting like they're in love because actors can act

Can't trust their families or friends who would play along

Can't trust pics that can be AI or photoshopped

Can't trust that anything is in real time

Can't trust matching clothes because they are used as props to sell a PR relationship

Can't trust when Nic denies rumors after making a big deal about never denying rumors because she knows people won't believe her

Can't trust celebrities holding hands with someone after fans mention two people they believe is in a relationship

Can't believe when Nic goes years saying she doesn't want to be known for her relationship or the person she's dating then just 6 months later turns her big career moment into a launching event about a guy

Can't believe when a celebrity is extremely private about their relationship suddenly overshares every moment about her relationship

Can't believe when 2 best friends suddenly create distance after fans notice they could be more than friends even when they still work together and fans see the BTS showing they are still very close

Can't believe when Nic and Luke archive post of each other even though they will still be working together as a couple on a show for years and need fans to be interested in watching it

Can't believe people are as close as they try to make it seem just because they make sure to be in the same place together, pose for pics, or smile knowing a camera is on them

Can't believe people are dating because they make it look like they could be kissing