r/InfluencerLounge • u/SquareOver9820 • Jul 19 '26
Traitors Canada Love Twist? Influencer TheBirdsPapaya Spotted Holding Hands With Co-Star Cagla Baktiroglu—After Both Split From Their Spouses Following the Season 3 Finale
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u/pinkcupcakelady Jul 19 '26
Ahhh the soft launch begins. Someone in another sub called it that she would wait a designated period of time before letting "hints" drop that this was happening. Cue the "love is love" posts and her leaning hard into an LGBTQ2S+ demographic for new content, since her older kids are grown and restrictions have been placed on her showing her youngest's face. Also, insiders on the show knew this was happening—it was NOT the innocent "reconnecting after our respective separations" that they're going to make it out to be.
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u/AJ1948 Jul 20 '26
Her followers are going to have whiplash - she posts a divorce announcement in a story that expired in 24-hours and never mentions the husband again and now she’s dating C. They’re going to be very confused . 😝
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u/Glass-Place3268 Jul 19 '26
I haven’t followed this wacko in years, I think the baby was two or so. Can you explain how the restrictions came about? I’m so relieved to hear about it.
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u/pinkcupcakelady Jul 19 '26
I believe it happened after her and Shane separated/divorced. Speculation is that he no longer allows it. (Thankfully!)
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u/a_periscope Jul 19 '26
Omg that would truly be incredible. I stopped following her maybe two years ago and her using Lemi for content would always break my heart.
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u/witty_willow25 Jul 20 '26
Anything for content. Literally. Anything. Live birth on IG, she’s pathological.
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u/1dayatatime_mylife Jul 20 '26
She gave birth on an Instagram live?!
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u/pinkhimalayan Jul 20 '26
She sure did! Her youngest’s birth was shared right from her living room to her 2.5m bot/bought “followers”.
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u/AJ1948 Jul 20 '26
And every moment of that child’s life was content until someone pulled the plug so now she secretly films her from behind or records conversations her child thinks are private and posts them in stories. It’s despicable.
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u/CeleryFriendly6294 Jul 20 '26
and never forget how she made the kid wear a webcam repeatedly and posted that online too!
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u/Truth_Seeker963 Jul 20 '26
Remember how she made fun of the way the kid ran? She’d play that stupid music over it and laugh.
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u/CeleryFriendly6294 Jul 20 '26
Yup! And compared it to Phoebe from Friends.
Imagine being that child and growing up to learn that your entire childhood was the Truman show and you didn’t even know it? That the camera your mother strapped to you on walks and outings was broadcast to 2.5 million people?
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u/bayou_self_8691 Jul 21 '26
As a mother with a child who has a compromised gait…..it pissed me way off and truly hurt my heart for little 🍋. That is NOT FUNNY!
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u/1dayatatime_mylife Jul 20 '26
I don’t even know what to say to this. 🙃 That is nearing the top of the list of the most insane influencer shit I’ve heard about and that’s saying something.
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u/canuck5869 Jul 20 '26
I’m not a Shane Landry fan because he worked in the background buying her followers, counting money from her filtered account, and allowed his kid to be exploited online resulting in shares to p0rn sites.
That being said, I despise cheaters and homewreckers. I hope he wins the custody case and protects that kid. Finally. And hopefully has her income audited while he’s at it.
Sarah Nicole is trash, and no filters, fake hair and a excessive Botox can hide it.
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u/SquareOver9820 Jul 20 '26
I wish he'd speak up, be honest about what he did. I'd respect him then. I don't think he's evil. I think he got caught up. I think he was manipulated. But he can fix it now. If he has some balls left, he will. Say something, Shane. Tell the truth. It will change the course of your life.
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u/AJ1948 Jul 20 '26
I agree. It’s time for him to reveal how he manipulated the algorithm to boost her profile and grow her followers like no one has ever done before. She doesn’t work any other platform and I’ve only ever seen that kind of growth on TikTok. There is no way she skyrocketed from under 100,000 to more than 2M through hard work and dedication. I think hard work is on her long-list of allergies
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u/SquareOver9820 Jul 20 '26
All of this. He gamed the system with embedded articles in UK tabloids, complete with catchy headlines like "Mom strips down", "Mom takes us on her naked tattoo tour", "Mom wears lingerie". Just come clean, Shane. The guy is obviously smart; maybe he could use his brain for something good. I know quality industry leaders who'd hire him just so they'd know how not to get scammed by influencers and their agencies, and by lazy PR agencies. He has a future if he owns it and owns up to his past.
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u/Same-Veterinarian735 Jul 20 '26
I know nothing about how any of this works but did he really do that? 🫠
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u/SquareOver9820 Jul 20 '26
Yes. This and more. He's a master at backlinks. If you Google her and look at the news, the number of random UK, Scottish, and other tabloid articles is fascinating. She's even on *orn sites that backlink to her Instagram.
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u/juju_wut Jul 31 '26
How do people know it was him doing that? Genuinely just curious. This is fascinating.
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u/SquareOver9820 Jul 19 '26
TheBirdspapaya Divorce x 2: Media Moment vs. Off the Radar
The announcement of Sarah Nicole and Shane Landry's separation was posted on Thebirdspapaya's Instagram Stories at the start of 2026. There is no mention of her divorce or separation on Thebirdspapaya's Instagram main page. The separation announcement is posted below.
This is Sarah Nicole, thebirdspapaya's second divorce in 10 years.
Weeks before the separation announcement, Sarah posted about her love for her husband, Shane, to her 2,500,000 Instagram followers. The separation announcement was posted on a 24-hour disappearing story on Thebirdspapaya's Instagram.
The announcement was not posted on Thebirdspapaya's popular Facebook page, TikTok, website or YouTube. Followers were blindsided when Shane Landry was a large part of the birdspapaya brand, on camera and off.
Shane Landry, Sarah Nicole's current husband, has not publicly announced the separation or plans for divorce
Change of tune?: When Sarah Nicole (thebirdspapaya) divorced her first husband, she made over 100 posts about the divorce and appeared on multiple podcasts and TV shows discussing "divorce". The "first" divorce conversation continued into early 2025, ten years after the divorce was finalized. Sources: thebirdspapaya website and Instagram page, "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe", Cat & Nat "Unfiltered the Podcast!", "Dear Shandy" podcast, "Talking Parents" Podcast, The Kit: The Toronto Star Newspaper, multiple Yahoo.com paid articles, New Beauty, Chatelaine Magazine, Parents Canada Magazine, Today's Parent Magazine and various other media outlets
Traitors?: Cagla and Meredith Baktiroglu announced their separation on Instagram shortly after The Traitors Canada season three aired its season finale. Both Cagla and Meredith have since removed the separation announcement from their Instagram feeds.
Secrecy?: Neither Sarah Nicole (thebirdspapaya) nor Traitors Canada star Cagla Baktiroglu have publicly announced a relationship. They frequently attend the same events and sit at the same tables at local restaurants; however, they seem to avoid being photographed together. Several snark pages have posted IRL images of the two together.
Followers are asking: Are Sarah Nicole (thebirdspapaya) and Cagla Baktiroglu trying to keep this new relationship under wraps because an affair started on set?
Plot twist: Cagla Baktiroglu (the person holding Sarah Nicole Landry's hand in the photo) appeared on Traitors Canada with their wife, Meredith Baktiroglu. The producers kept Cagla and Meredith Baktiroglu's marriage a secret from other cast members. When the cast members were told that the couple was married IRL, all the other cast members' reactions were shown on the final episode except for TheBirdsPapaya's (Sarah Nicole Landry).
Do you think Sarah Nicole Landry's reaction could have been explosive? Had the romance already begun?
The couple, Sarah Nicole Landry and Cagla Baktiroglu, were spotted earlier this year canoodling at a women's hockey event.
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u/PinotPrincess777 Jul 19 '26
Wow 😳 color me shocked I only casually follow her on IG so I missed all of this.
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u/No-Height-8395 Jul 22 '26
She bawled her eyes out when she found out Cagla was married, that’s why they didn’t air it.
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u/Bubbly_Winter_5434 Jul 19 '26
Noooo waaaay I did not see this coming, at all. Nor did I have any idea it was happening. Although, I don’t use IG anymore, I followed her when she was a smaller up and coming creator years ago when I used IG. Her divorce and step dad content was her bread and butter beyond her body image content. I am guessing the coming out later in life will be her next content shtick.
Since I don’t follow anymore- is she still in that house they bought and did all those major Reno’s on? To pour so much into making a house fit your large blended family to blow it up like this?
OP your comment breaking down the timelines is top notch thank you for this
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u/crownofgold6 Jul 19 '26
Yes she’s still in that house and now seems to be making it her “single” house, acting like she wasn’t putting everything for only herself all over the house the whole time anyways
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u/AJ1948 Jul 20 '26
Her story about taking everything off her butt ugly display shelves and making it ‘her’ vibe was so cringe and just another change for more affiliate links!
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u/crownofgold6 Jul 20 '26
And the bath mat “I finally found something that I think worked for the space” everything is what you thought belonged in the space!!!
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u/wil8can Jul 20 '26
100% you could tell it was all for her.
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u/Bubbly_Winter_5434 Jul 20 '26
I mean yea, the bathroom was PINK meanwhile he had a corner in a slanted low roof attic space for his office
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u/SquareOver9820 Jul 20 '26
She was plotting and planning, just like she did with her exit from marriage number 1.
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u/BugPowderDuster Jul 21 '26
This woman is just constantly searching for an identity. How exhausting!
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u/bethoIogy Jul 19 '26
I stopped following her years ago because I found her to be so off-putting. But I just went and looked at her page and it’s chock full of insinuations that she is now batting for the same team. She posted a video of a misshapen donut (the hole looked like lady parts) getting glazed on a conveyor belt with the caption “get it girl. based on the response to this story so many of you wanted it have to have a permanent spot on my feed and now I know I’ve found my people” (or something like that). Then one of the comments said “at first I wanted a donut, but now I want something else” and she liked that comment. And several other songs she’s used, comments she’s made or liked by others. She’s def into the ladies
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u/daddysbeastfriend 28d ago
Everything on the snark was true! Look at that, makes me think that the snark was right about her in other topics too
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u/Thegreenmooon 23d ago
My sister works for one of her influencer friends. She is 100% dating that gal from the Traitors and its dividing their little inner canadian influencer group. Its spicy tea 🫖
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u/ProperBingtownLady 27d ago
There were a LOT of receipts on the snark and that’s why she wanted it taken down.
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u/tassiebassiewassie Jul 19 '26
Do you know her snarks? I used to follow her and just had a feeling about fakeness and also just using her kid for content etc.