Many people think the viral rift between disgraced Instagram influencer Caroline Calloway and her ex-BFF/ghostwriter Natalie Beach isn’t what it seems — and that the two are colluding to land a TV deal.

However, Beach denied she was plotting behind the scenes with Calloway in a statement to The Post, saying the former friends “aren’t working together and hadn’t spoken in years.”

If you haven’t been following the story, a quick recap: Calloway is an Instagram influencer frequently ensnared by controversy, such as accusations of being a “one-woman Fyre Festival.” Her so-called “scams” involve a $165-a-head “creativity workshop” that fell apart in several cities and a $375,000 book deal on which she failed to deliver. Her ex-best friend from NYU, Natalie Beach, penned a tell-all essay in New York Magazine’s The Cut revealing that she was Calloway’s ghostwriter. Beach says she wrote many of the Instagram captions that made Calloway well-known, as well as most of the book, in a saga that has spread like wildfire.

While Beach says the two haven’t worked together in years, hordes of Twitter investigators following this story are raising red flags: What if the two are still working together — and this time, the grift is to land a TV show? After all, scammers are hot right now. The Anna Delvey story landed a Netflix show and the Elizabeth Holmes story is getting a Hulu show.

Aside from the fact that scams are in, Twitter detectives have pointed out evidence in Beach’s story that doesn’t add up. For one, Beach describes having a job at “the pencil store,” an oddly specific occupation that makes her sound like a Wes Anderson character. It sure adds flavor to the piece. The problem? New York City has one “pencil store,” CW Pencil Enterprise on Orchard Street, and its owner posted an Instagram story claiming that “Natalie hasn’t ever worked for me.”

Someone else on Twitter raised another red flag about a detail that the girls ate “lettuce wraps” at Minetta Tavern on Macdougal Street. The issue? That was never on Minetta’s menu.

Calloway is also acting as a cheerleader of the essay to an extent that’s frankly baffling. Rather than ignoring the story, she’s called for Beach to get a book deal from it. She was also defensive about the fact that people are questioning the pencil shop and menu details of Beach’s story. “F–king leave Natalie alone with those comments about the food. I remember eating pesto minestrone with her, okay? Natalie’s not a journalist. She’s a f–king ARTIST. Ditto the pencil shop,” she wrote.

“I also can’t help but think that it’s a very VERY clever marketing scheme that both of you are SUPER in on that you are both mutually benefitting from based solely on the press and attention,” wrote one Instagram commenter.

So, are Calloway and Beach still collaborating and this essay is just another grift?

When The Post reached out for comment, Beach replied: “Caroline and I aren’t working together and hadn’t spoken in years until I reached out via email last week to let her know I had written this piece. The pencil store I worked at was in LA, and it’s called Shorthand. As for the Minetta Tavern, the details were based off diary entries I kept, although I concede it’s possible I switched up the name of an appetizer ordered seven years ago.”

Calloway did not respond when The Post reached out for comment.