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Victoria's Secret Angels and longtime friends Candice Swanepoel and Joan Smalls have sparked feud rumors.
The speculation started this week when fans noticed that the two supermodels, who have been best friends for over a decade, had stopped following each other on Instagram.
'You're not friends anymore with Candice?' one fan asked in the comments section of Smalls' page.
According to Deuxmoi, Smalls responded, 'I'm not friends with backstabbers.'
The alleged comment has since been deleted, along with another alleged comment in which Smalls accused Swanepoel of not following 'girl code'.
'And the disrespect and carelessness in how they treat you is so unimaginable,' she allegedly continued, according to a screenshot published by Just Jared.
Victoria's Secret Angels and longtime best friends Candice Swanepoel and Joan Smalls have sparked feud rumors
'There's no going back. Some people lack humility and moral compass. And the way they gaslight, lie and minimize your feelings is the worst slap in the face after 15 years of friendship. Not a sorry said or written. Onwards and upwards!'
The Daily Mail has contacted Smalls and Swanepoel for comment.
Both women walked in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, although there were no photos of them interacting together from the event.
They have previously modeled together, including teaming up to front a joint campaign for Anne Klein just last year.
'Being a part of the Anne Klein campaign for the second time is incredibly special to me – and doing it alongside my best friend, Candice, makes it even more meaningful,' Smalls gushed at the time.
When discussing how their friendship started, Swanepoel said, 'Joan made the first move! I'm always friendly but it takes a lot to warm me up to people.'
Smalls added, 'She won my heart when I saw that she could dance.'
The supermodel besties were at one point so close that they even vacationed together.
'I'm not friends with backstabbers,' Smalls allegedly said when asked if she was still friends with Swanepoel
The supermodels have been best friends for over a decade and were so close that they often attended events together
In 2023, they were spotted on a summer getaway with fellow model Doutzen Kroes and actor Glen Powell.
Both Swanepoel and Smalls are known for keeping their dating life out of the spotlight, with neither model being romantically linked to anybody in years.
Smalls hasn't publicly dated anybody since billionaire businessman Henry Junior Chalhoub, whom she split from around 2021.
As for Swanepoel, she was with male model Hermann Nicoli from 2005 to 2018. The former couple share two children together.
After her breakup from Nicoli, Swanepoel was briefly linked to Spanish actor Andrés Velencoso and rapper Kanye West.
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