You’ve heard of toxic relationships—but this one takes it to a whole new biological level.
Travel influencer Christine Connell has trekked through mountains, soaked up beach sunsets, and amassed 78,000 followers on Instagram. But behind the dreamy posts? A seven-year battle with a sinus infection that sounds more like the plot of a gross-out comedy than real life.
According to Christine, it all started in a hotel room while recovering from ankle surgery. She was stuck in bed—ankle elevated, body immobile—when her then-boyfriend, in what she describes as the worst fart she’s ever smelled, let one rip. Right in her face.
She thought it was just a disgusting moment until the congestion, green snot, facial pain, and fevers never went away. Years of tests, doctors, and dead ends later, a nasal culture finally revealed the culprit: E. coli.
Yep. Poop bacteria. In her sinuses.
“I wish I were joking,” she said in the now-viral TikTok.
How does E. coli even get there? Typically, it stays in your gut and exits the usual way. But if you’re inhaling air straight from the source, while your immune system is distracted, healing a broken ankle—apparently, it can take a detour.
Christine clarified that the airborne biological warfare wasn’t malicious. He was mid-change, facing her direction, and she was just “in the path of the fart.”
So yeah, add that to your list of red flags: fart exposure proximity.
Her message? Maybe wash your hands, cover your butt, and if your partner’s immobilized post-surgery, keep your cheeks pointed elsewhere.
Forget gaslighting—this was biological sabotage.
