Bachelor Nation fans have been speculating about a new romance between Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan since the duo began quarantining together amid the coronavirus pandemic.
And now Peter, 28, is finally addressing the persistent rumors that he’s dating his former contestant and opened up on Nick Viall’s podcast The Viall Files this week.
He told Nick: ‘Are we dating? No. Do I love spending time with her? Absolutely. We’re not dating. Could I see that in the future? Yeah, of course. I’d be extremely lucky and very happy if that happened.’
Opening up: Peter Weber has broken his silence on his relationship status with Kelley Flanagan plus his recent breakups and regrets
The pilot admitted that after his failed romances with other Bachelor contestants Hannah Ann Sluss and Madison Prewett, he wants to slow things down.
‘Of anyone, I’m the last person that needs to rush into any kind of relationship. I just had an engagement that didn’t work out. I just was trying to pursue things with another woman that didn’t work out. That’s why right now, I’m just taking it really, really slow.’
Peter and Kelley are quarantining with pal Dustin Kendrick and he revealed it happened naturally after he went to Chicago to spend some time with Kelley and the lockdowns started to happen.
‘It kind of just became a thing where we’ve always gotten along really well, and had really good chemistry. We just enjoy each other’s company. I just decided to quarantine up here with Dustin as well.’
The reality star also revealed their friendship blossomed after he kept bumping into Kelley by chance, which lead to them reconnecting and getting closer.
‘There’s a lot of stuff that people don’t know. My relationship with Kelley has been… serendipitous. You go all the way back to the very beginning – us running into each other before any of this stuff started.
‘We’re not dating. Could I see that in the future? Yeah, of course. I’d be extremely lucky and very happy if that happened.’ Peter explained of his relationship with Kelley
‘Obviously, the show happened and it didn’t work out for us. Over the Super Bowl, I was in Miami and I had the opportunity to go to the Super Bowl with my brother, and I ran into her on the Saturday night before the Super Bowl.
‘Within our relationship on the show, it didn’t really play out in the best way for us. It just wasn’t gonna work on the show.’
Peter revealed they bumped into each other once again during a night out with mutual friends in Los Angeles.
‘We chat, we end up hanging out and that’s when I got her number. We started to communicate and just stay in touch.’
Peter also reflected on his split from Hannah Ann, who he proposed to on the finale of The Bachelor. They split shortly after when Peter realized he still had feelings for runner-up Madison.
‘Watching that breakup with Hannah Ann was brutal for me. I just felt so bad about the situation. I felt I let down so many people, Hannah Ann being number one, and myself. It’s a weird thing to breakup with someone and have it be so public. I was 100 percent in the wrong with Hannah Ann and with that relationship.’
Close friendship: The duo are quarantining in Chicago with Dustin Kendrick
‘Within our relationship on the show, it didn’t really play out in the best way for us. It just wasn’t gonna work on the show’ said of their stint on The Bachelor where Kelley was a contestant
On his brief relationship with Madison, Peter reflected on how it was difficult to be reunited on stage during After The Final Rose after not spending any time together post-Bachelor.
‘Right now, from the horse’s mouth, none of that was fake. None of that was staged, put on by the show, making it seem like I was into Madi,
‘Looking back on it, I feel like we should’ve tried to see each other before we showed up on stage together.’
‘That was tough, we left the stage together, we were supposed to do some press. We just couldn’t do it, we just weren’t in the right headspace. I remember going to her hotel… it was super sad. For probably six hours, we stayed on her bed there, we laughed, we cried, we hugged each other… it was rough.’
‘I was 100 percent in the wrong with Hannah Ann and with that relationship.’ Peter said of his failed engagement to Hannah Ann Sluss. He split with her shortly after proposing to her on the finale of The Bachelor
‘None of that was fake. None of that was staged,’ Peter said of his feeling for Madison but said they just couldn’t get their relationship off the ground