Becca Kufrinis setting the record straight on where things stand withBlake Horstmann, who was the runner-up on her season ofThe Bachelorette.
During her appearance on Thursday’s episode of theClick Bait with Bachelor Nationpodcast, co-hostsJoe Amabileand Natasha Parker asked Kufrin, 31, about Horstmann’s recent claims that the two were talking before she joined this season ofBachelor in Paradise.
“I’ve seen all of the articles out there that are circulating. Listen, Blake and I have always been friends. We’ve always been very supportive of one another,” Kufrin said. “In terms of the talking, quote-unquote, yeah, I mean, we’ve been in touch very sporadically, but nothing that I would say would [indicate anything romantic]. I think it sounds very misleading. That conversation he had seemed very misleading.”
“Like I said, Blake and I have always been on great terms. We’ve been friends for a while. It’s no shock because, like, I’ve done his podcast. He came on my tour when I was touring for a few shows,” she said. “So nothing romantic [happened] that I think people should be running with right now, if that makes sense.”
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Horstmann, 32, recently claimed on theReal Life with Kate Caseypodcast that he and Kufrin were in contact before she went toParadise. “We did kind of chat here and there, and we were back in touch within the last, like, six months,” he said, adding that “it kind of came down to if she was going to doParadiseor not.”
“That show can change you and those producers get a hold of you,” he continued. “The show doesn’t like me, the show doesn’t want to see us together. She has, like, the ABC podcast. That’s kind of her thing. She is very much involved in that show. We’ll see.”
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Kufrin and Horstmann met on herBacheloretteseason, which aired in 2018. She ended up engaged toGarrett Yrigoyen, with Horstmann coming in second.
Kufrinconfirmed her splitfrom Yrigoyen, 32, in September 2020. She’sset to appear onBachelor in Paradise’s seventh seasonin the coming weeks.
Bachelor in Paradiseairs Mondays and Tuesdays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
