I read it very differently - he was referring to Bubba Bear and Bianca and she responded with "we" meaning her and Bubba......I think reading more into is exactly that ....... reading more.
I mean Bubba never was in France and hence didnt met this dude. she definitely means Ioan.
Anything she did in France had to have been at least 25 years ago. Big star she wasn't. If she has no friends in America after 20 years, and few in England, it must be zero in France. And what gossip would there have been for anyone to care in France? An actor is over there filming and his girlfriend visited him? And I thought fairly soon after Bianca arrived he posted that photo of them as a couple. So no rumors needed to reach Alice because Ioan is the one who acknowledged publicly Bianca was there with him. I think. I'm not sure what date she posted that photo saying she was leaving her dog and what date Ioan posted a photo to Instagram of them together in France, thanking her for making him smile again. Welp might know.
there were also quarantine rules in France and the youngest struggled in school. they would have needed to take off several weeks from school just to probably stay with a stranger most of the time while daddy is filming (Gloria is too sick from everything Alice claimed, and Alice was never going to be allowed to come even if certainly that was the plan in her head, she probably was dreaming to make up with him that way lol)
also this story was always stinking: we are meant to believe that Ella is kicking and screaming when she has to spend time in his flat, but France is okay? I call BS.
the picture of her leaving the dog was 19-ish september, the reveal 27th october