‘Girl We Get It’: Fans Slam Cyn Santana’s Twerking as ‘Trying to Make Joe Jealous’

It looks like “Love and Hip Hop: New York” star Cyn Santana may be in hot water with social media followers.

Since she and ex-fiancé Joe Budden apparently called it quits, fans have noticed an increase of sexy posts on her feed. A large majority feel her enticing photos and videos were geared toward making Budden jealous.

Cyn Santana
Cyn Santana and Joe Budden. (Photos: @cynsanatana/Instagram, Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

A recent video of the 26-year-old twerking up a storm at a nightclub went viral Monday evening with over a million views. She gyrated in front of a friend’s camera phone in a pink minidress and uploaded the clip to her Instagram story.

She instantly received a wave of mixed reactions.

“Girl we get it you trying to make Joe jealous 🙄 enough with the half naked posts already.”

“Cyn trying make Joe miss her but dang ain’t she tired. Everybody do this 🤷🏽‍♀️.”

“She having fun in the club. Y’all aggravating asffffff. She’s enjoying her life and over grandpa Joe 😍.”

Santana and Budden reportedly called off their engagement and broke up in early May after cheating rumors surrounded them. It also didn’t help that Budden was spotted with model Jazzma Kendrick a week later after their supposed breakup, although both parties claimed their relationship is platonic.

Neither Santana or the “Pump It Up” rapper has officially confirmed their breakup, but between Budden’s “breakup diet” and Santana moving out of their home, it’s safe to say the pair are no longer together.

Social media first noticed the pair were facing trouble in paradise after Santana deleted all photos of herself with Budden from her social media, also changing her Instagram handle from Santana-Budden to just Santana. She was also spotted no longer wearing her engagement ring.

Their 1-year-old son Lexington Budden still spends quite a bit of time with both parents, according to their social media pages. It seems Santana and Budden may have worked out some sort of co-parenting agreement.

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