We Untangled the Charlie Puth and Bella Thorne Drama, and We're Still Confused

This post has been updated with new information.

On Wednesday evening, Charlie Puth decided his official Twitter, which has almost a million followers, was the best place to get a few things off his chest. In a series of cryptic tweets, the up-and-coming singer apologized and begged some unnamed person to come to their senses, all the while insisting, "you know who you are." It wasn't until he picked up where he left off on Thursday morning, though, that the target of his tweets seemed to be Bella Thorne, whom he'd just been romantically linked to at the beginning of this week. In the next set of tweets, he expressed shock and said he'd be "removing himself" from the situation.

What caused Charlie to fire off all these tweets, just days after his alleged romance with Bella Thorne surfaced? The source of the turmoil might actually be on Bella's own Twitter, where she seems to have spent Thursday night "taking a trip down memory lane."

The pictures show the actress cuddling up to her ex-boyfriend Tyler Posey. Bella and Tyler began dating in September of this year, just a month after Bella ended her year-long relationship with actor Gregg Sulkin. While Tyler and Bella never explicitly announced a breakup, we last saw them out together in October, and rumors of their split swirled throughout November. While it's unclear whether Charlie's tweets are a direct response to Bella's picture, it seems he believes that the two haven't quite ended things. To make things more perplexing, Bella added her own side to the story on Thursday afternoon.

The article Bella's referring to is her recent interview with Paper magazine, in which she talks about dating Tyler and dealing with the paparazzi. It's possible Charlie read the story himself, but fans of the singer also reportedly tweeted him about the interview and Bella's romance with Tyler. Weirdly enough, as a sort of cap on everything else, Scream Queens actress Keke Palmer shared a few thoughts of her own, which Bella retweeted, possibly as a sign of agreement.

Bella then took to Twitter on Friday morning to clarify the situation once again.

So, where does that leave us? Tyler and Bella are seemingly broken up, and Charlie has allegedly removed himself from a situation that Bella insisted is a "just friends" kind of deal. We'll, um, keep you updated as the story develops.