Sorry for late reply been busy.
I'm not sure if he was being genuine, maybe? I think he does like Jade as a friend. But this is Tim we are talking about he will use anything or anyone to get what he wants. How many times has he used Jade in this game? He pretty much orchestrated that Jade and Jazmin argument to get Jazmin out. Remember when he told Heidi and then Mikkayla that we have to get Jade and Ed together? He has been targeting Ed since week 2, he couldn't stand it when all the HMs were swooning all over prince charming. He even cut Heidi off very brutally when she started hanging around with him. He didn't do it to Jade earlier on because he still needed to USE her to bring Ed down. He saw it very earlier on that Jade was the one thing that could make Ed look bad. As he said if he can't manipulate or use you anymore you are dead to him.
There is a reason why Jade is not that comfortable with him and Drew anymore, it is not because of Ed, it is because she can't trust them anymore. As she said she is wary that what she say will be spread out to the others and be twisted. As what happened with Mikkayla, she told Tim about Boog and went running straight to her blubbing about it. And the same goes with Drew with that Tahan incident. The final nail in the coffin was of course their nominations of her. She is very aware that Tim starts fights/arguments to get people out.
Jade never had problem spreading her time among her friends before, the sisters were in different group, Ed was in another and Drew and Tim were in the other side. She was friends with people that were in different groups. Not a problem until now, she obviously have pulled away from Drew and Tim now but I don't blame her. I wish she had done it earlier because they have been horrible to her for a lot longer. The thing is she actually still thinks that Drew is a nice person and I think she also likes Tim very much but just can't trust them in this game at the moment.
Ed, believe it or not, I think is just defending her. But of course he can't help himself having a dig at Tim for being a manipulator. People have a go at him for saying it but he is not wrong though. People tolerate Tim's manipulations because it is entertaining and it is not affecting them, but if they were in the house it will be a different story. I never have a go at Ed for highlighting that Tim is a manipulator because it is true and good for him for seeing it before everyone else in the house. I guess it takes one to know one because he has tried to manipulate others too.