Former Love Island USA star Jaiden Bacciocco says her visit to the Los Angeles Chargers’ preseason training camp turned into something else entirely: a flood of direct messages from the team’s players.
Bacciocco shared the story this week while appearing on Kaylor’s Crash Out, explaining that she had gone to the facility to make social media content and watch practice. What she didn’t expect was to open Instagram and find multiple Chargers players reaching out.
“After we left, like six of them DM’d me.”
She made it clear her trip had nothing to do with chasing attention from the roster.
“I was there for football and the vibes. Not to get in your DMs.”
Bacciocco said one player went a step further and blocked her account the next morning. Her read on that was simple: she figured he probably had a secret girlfriend. She also said she ignored the flirtatious messages altogether, believing athletes message every girl.
The episode adds another strange note to a rough start for Los Angeles, which is sitting at 0-3 to open the 2026 NFL season. The Chargers have been held to 14.7 points per game under offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, while Justin Herbert has struggled with accuracy and deep-ball decision-making. Head coach Jim Harbaugh is dealing with growing pressure as the losses pile up.
For Bacciocco, though, the takeaway was less about the football and more about the timing. In her view, the Chargers had bigger problems to handle before the season ever kicked off.
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