Chiara Passari says Nick Kyrgios ‘love bombed’ then manipulated her in their relationship

Nick Kyrgios’ ex-girlfriend has lifted the lid on her tumultuous relationship with the tennis bad boy as Saturday Confidential reveal his new partner.

The jilted partner of tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios has spoken to the media for the first time since her dramatic showdown with the sportsman in an Adelaide hotel room.

Two months after police were called to intervene in an ugly row between Kyrgios and his ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari, the Instagram model has told Saturday Confidential about the fallout from the very public stoush and has given an insight into their “toxic” relationship.

This comes as Saturday Confidential can reveal Kyrgios is now dating Passari look-alike and blogger, Costeen Hatzi.

Chiara Passari PICTURE: Instagram

Passari and Kyrgios’ fight in Adelaide, which ended the couple’s 18 month relationship, happened after Passari shared an image of her ex apparently in bed with a “naked girl” on Instagram and accused him of cheating on her.

The model, who started dating the sports star after he split from Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya, said the controversial sportsman “love-bombed” her, then gaslighted her.

“He love-bombed me for the first three months,” she said.

After that, in behaviour she described as “manipulative”, Passari said she felt he kept looking for flaws in their relationship “to use against me” to justify ending it.

Nick Kyrgios with Chiara Passari in Bondi. Picture: Toby Zerna

Passari’s claims come just a day after she revealed Kyrgios had told her “don’t neck yourself”, after an argument over strippers.

Despite publicly lifting the lid on their tumultuous relationship, Passari said she was surprised to not receive more of a backlash than she did.

“Surprisingly not from social media at all,” she said.

“Of course a message here and there saying I am … doing it all for attention and followers.

“Other than that, people really did feel for the situation.”

Nick Kyrgios’s new girlfriend Costeen Hatzi. Source: Instagram,

And for those who do accuse her of leaking his text messages for attention and Instagram followers, she has one message.

“Why would I want to have attention on me from a story that makes me look weak and walked all over as I kept forgiving him and going back,” Passari said.

“It’s not for attention, it’s for awareness.”

When asked what her family thinks about Kyrgios, she said: “They are OK, they just hate him.”

Confidential reached out to Kyrgios for comment.

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