{"id":20279,"date":"2026-08-05T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/a-toxic-love-story-leslie-breaks-silence-says-filmmakers-pulled-bait-and-switch\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:00:03","slug":"a-toxic-love-story-leslie-breaks-silence-says-filmmakers-pulled-bait-and-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/a-toxic-love-story-leslie-breaks-silence-says-filmmakers-pulled-bait-and-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Toxic Love Story&#8217; Leslie Breaks Silence, Says Filmmakers Pulled Bait and Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;A Toxic Love Story&#8217; Leslie<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Doc Screwed Over Ian, Made Me a Fool<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-05T01:00:43-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              August 5, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b892217c641ecf1c3265788318f219b3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260804_d6da819b3f6a4c58987ba7507a7f8fc1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a18424eb-e9c5-413d-ac01-048eaacf076f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"&apos;A Toxic Love Story&apos; Leslie Breaks Silence, Says Filmmakers Pulled Bait and Switch\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d6\/4by3\/2026\/08\/04\/d6da819b3f6a4c58987ba7507a7f8fc1_md.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie Carlson netflix\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b892217c641ecf1c3265788318f219b3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2b849413175c6ee48acd1e94fc2c47d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ian-diaz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Ian Diaz<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s best friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/leslie-carlson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Leslie<\/strong><\/a> is disgusted by the outcome of &#8220;A Toxic Love Story&#8221; &#8230; accusing the folks behind the Netflix documentary of pulling a fast one by making her look like a lovesick dope.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2b849413175c6ee48acd1e94fc2c47d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-85a0aacabf7a39e19cf7e05f5504bd96\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal &#8230; Leslie became a lightning rod for trolls who say she&#8217;s blind to Ian&#8217;s crimes because she&#8217;s madly in love &#8212; even though he&#8217;s in the slammer for a cyberstalking plot involving his former wife<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/angela-diaz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Angela Connell Diaz<\/strong><\/a> and ex-girlfriend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michelle-hadley\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Michelle Hadley<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-85a0aacabf7a39e19cf7e05f5504bd96--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2bccbf4b045eb6da2b8b6ef3829ebb61\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260804_b663ddf72aff403bb9f786dbc82b5e2b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a18424eb-e9c5-413d-ac01-048eaacf076f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"&apos;A Toxic Love Story&apos; Leslie Breaks Silence, Says Filmmakers Pulled Bait and Switch\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b6\/4by3\/2026\/08\/04\/b663ddf72aff403bb9f786dbc82b5e2b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie Carlson netflix 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2bccbf4b045eb6da2b8b6ef3829ebb61--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-47eed15481a1c98d4bd098b3dec31fef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Now, Leslie&#8217;s slamming filmmakers for making her come off that way &#8230; insisting she never should&#8217;ve trusted them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-47eed15481a1c98d4bd098b3dec31fef--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-88ad923d036874d981f5c37757b1047b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Leslie tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;I expected them to do the research on all they heard from all those filmed for this doc. They were given so much information &#8212; and then decided to abort the truth and ignore all the actual evidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-88ad923d036874d981f5c37757b1047b--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3585cdd5a06acc5844e3dec941a31e7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3585cdd5a06acc5844e3dec941a31e7c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-46c2a910f7c03fbff1f8edc7a5d5ef5d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Adding insult to injury &#8212; Leslie claims the doc crew did her dirty by only using a short snippet of a two-day interview &#8230; just to have a cop from the investigation that targeted Ian dismiss her meager contribution as coming from a lovesick fool.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-46c2a910f7c03fbff1f8edc7a5d5ef5d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6456499fff991f83d41d9269764e5403\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>She also says the narrative that Ian refused to participate in the doc needs some serious nuance. She says he was down &#8212; but filmmakers allegedly wanted to interview him over a series of phone calls. Ian wasn&#8217;t willing to burn through his allotted prison phone time because he&#8217;s got a wife and kid, so it was scrapped.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6456499fff991f83d41d9269764e5403--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cbf1ca98397b971068a18f5e4371dffb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260728_2d0c967effa3458eac1e911bb2db0c26\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a18424eb-e9c5-413d-ac01-048eaacf076f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"&apos;A Toxic Love Story&apos; Leslie Breaks Silence, Says Filmmakers Pulled Bait and Switch\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2d\/4by3\/2026\/07\/28\/2d0c967effa3458eac1e911bb2db0c26_md.png\" alt=\"sub ian diaz angela connell a toxic love story netflix\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cbf1ca98397b971068a18f5e4371dffb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ab9c46db58e564deb0cd2a09753935c9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for the haters and trolls &#8230; Leslie couldn&#8217;t care less about the keyboard warriors &#8212; she still completely supports Ian, telling us &#8230; &#8220;If this documentary would&#8217;ve given a robust report of the actual evidence involved in his conviction, more people would be speaking about the inconsistencies and the flat-out agenda to put him behind bars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ab9c46db58e564deb0cd2a09753935c9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-85eecd172917893b55cb2b5d4cf78a80\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we reported &#8230; Leslie was among those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/31\/leslie-carlson-barred-from-contacting-ian-diaz-after-his-conviction\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>wrote<\/strong><\/a> emotional letters to the judge, asking for leniency when Ian was ultimately sentenced to a decade behind bars.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-85eecd172917893b55cb2b5d4cf78a80--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0d1c9af4160b88ec239bc38a6d15b016\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We reached out to Netflix &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0d1c9af4160b88ec239bc38a6d15b016--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/05\/leslie-condemns-netflix-doc-over-bait-and-switch\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#8216;A Toxic Love Story&#8217; Leslie Doc Screwed Over Ian, Made Me a Fool Published August 5, 2026 1:00 AM PDT Ian Diaz&#8216;s best friend Leslie is disgusted by the outcome of &#8220;A Toxic Love Story&#8221; &#8230; accusing the folks behind the Netflix documentary of pulling a fast one by making her look like a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1731,91,93,89,107,108,90,109,96,106,1621,85,104,81,88,103,100,86,101,99,95,84,83,98,112,110,92,111,1729,1727,1108,94,1730,1728,1714,1732,1713,82,102,97,105,87],"class_list":["post-20279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecig-canada-zone","tag-bait","tag-best-dab-pens","tag-best-dab-rigs","tag-best-dry-herb-vaporizer","tag-best-dry-herb-vaporizers","tag-best-portable-vaporizer","tag-best-vape-pen","tag-best-vape-pen-for-wax","tag-best-vaporizer","tag-best-weed-vaporizer","tag-breaks","tag-cbd-vape","tag-cbd-vapor","tag-dab-pen","tag-dab-pen-battery","tag-dab-pen-cartridge","tag-dab-pen-weed","tag-dab-rigs","tag-dab-rigs-for-sale","tag-dab-rigs-near-me","tag-disposable-dab-pen","tag-disposable-vapes","tag-dry-herb-vaporizer","tag-dry-herb-vaporizers","tag-ecigarettes","tag-ecigs","tag-electric-dab-rigs","tag-eliquid","tag-filmmakers","tag-leslie","tag-love","tag-marijuana-vaporizer","tag-pulled","tag-silence","tag-story","tag-switch","tag-toxic","tag-vape-pen","tag-vaporizer-weed","tag-wax-dab-pen","tag-wax-vape-pen","tag-weed-vape-pen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}