Before Banfield, he went on Reddit, and twitter, and posted some of his texts that he said were between him and Chris. There is no way to really verify them, from just looking at them, online. So people were saying he was phony. People said it was a hoax. Partly because he was also talking up his business enterprises, as a stylist and make up artist, etc. So it seemed like he was exploiting the situation and could be fake.
When he appeared on Banfield, I thought she had been scammed by him. On his first appearance, Banfield said prod users could not verify him. ? A day or 2 later, they said they did verify the texts. I was still a bit weirded out by him, that he was posting all the texts and sharing all the details, literally days after the murders.
here is an article that originally said producers could not verify him. That is when I first decided he was a troll.....
"A man claiming to be murder accused Chris Watts' lover called up a livr news show in the US and alleged they had an affair after meeting on a gay dating app.
Watts, 33, could get the death penalty if he's convicted of killing his wife Shanann, 34, and girls Bella, four, and Celeste, three.
The man, who did not give his name, called Crime & Justice on HLN and told host Ashleigh Banfield that he and Chris had an "instant" connection as soon as they met.
However, Ms Banfield admitted Crime & Justice could not independently verify his story."
Man claims he 'dated Chris Watts after meeting him on gay dating app'