Josh Allen’s ex claims she was hacked after posting about a ‘brain dead’ athlete

Josh Allen’s ex-girlfriend Brittany Williams found herself in the middle of online drama days after the Buffalo Bills quarterback announced his engagement to Hailee Steinfeld.

Williams, 28, claimed on Friday, Nov. 29, that her Instagram account was hacked after screenshots circulated online of her calling Allen, 28, a “brain dead CTE athlete” in a now-deleted comment .

“My accounts were hacked multiple times this evening,” Williams claimed in a post on her Instagram Stories on Friday.

Williams added: “I’m trying to solve the problem. If anyone has any tips, please let me know 🙏🏻🥹.”

The comment came in response to a user who wrote to Williams in another Instagram post, asking, “Haven’t you found the next professional athlete yet?”

Williams appeared to write: “Luckily my friend owns a team and doesn’t play for one. 🙏🏻 I don’t need to be with another brain dead CTE athlete.”

Fans quickly took a screenshot of the comment from Williams’ account and later uploaded the image to Reddit and X (formerly known as Twitter).

The comment was deleted after fans began discussing the implications on social media. One user on Reddit noted that the comment Williams replied to was posted three days before her account’s response, while another questioned why she would need her followers’ help when she was already able to log back into her account, to post about it being hacked.

Williams, a Pilates instructor, and Allen split in 2023 after dating for six years. The two have known each other since childhood and started dating in 2017.

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On Friday, November 29, Allen announced his engagement to 27-year-old Steinfeld in a shared post on Instagram.

The couple shared a romantic photo of the Bills quarterback on one knee in front of Steinfeld. The couple is surrounded by an arch of pink and red roses in the photo, which only has a simple date written on it: November 22nd.

Comments from friends and fans, including several fellow soccer players such as Taiwan Jones, Isaiah Mckenzie and Trevor Lawrence, quickly bubbled up with well-wishes for the couple. Travis Kelce wrote an emoji-filled comment, adding, “Congratulations!!! 🙌🙌👏👏.”

A source close to the couple told PEOPLE that their families are thrilled by the engagement news. “They were head over heels from the start,” the insider said.