My ex best friend is STILL talking trash about when we stopped being friends...and it's been 4 months?!?

Yeah ignore her. She is not worth your time so don't give her any kind of attention. She probably just mad that you dropped her as a friend.

I think her ego got in the way.

Call her out on it in public. Make sure that everyone realizes what a sad, desperate, pathetic attention seeker she is.

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