Looks like Sam has reached the next stage of extreme shipping where anyone associating with that person and seen as a romantic threat to the fake ship is attacked mercilessly, even if they're clearly not a couple. The same thing happens with Katie McGrath's insane fan posse, they insist she's a lesbian and viciously attack any man or woman in her vicinity, including actors playing her love interests and attack the SOs of the women they ship her with onscreen and IRL.
Hi Anon, no Sam hasn’t just reached this next stage now, he’s been there for 4 years, starting with when Amy Shiels Tweeted about him and posted pics at events with him, to Cody Kennedy doing the same thing and then ditching her family Thansksgiving 2014 and going to Mexico with Sam, to when Sam dated and vacationed with Abbie Salt, to when he dated and vacationed with Mackenzie Mauzy, to now being seen in Hawaii with this new brunette, Hayley Helene (her name is out there now, so no sense hiding it, but the nature of their relationship is still unclear) starting with Amy all the way until now, SamCait Extreme Shippers have mercilessly attacked any woman associated with Sam. And there is irrefutable proof of this for all to see. So ES can’t deny it’s true. Yes, it’s worse now, with multiple sock hate accounts being set up to mock the women, to employees, friends and family members being contacted etc, but it all started back 4 years ago and hasn’t let up. Given the level of abuse, the fact that Sam still interacts with fans on any level is a miracle actually.