Ben Flajnik says he turned down Jennifer Love Hewitt for the show

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A former ‘Bachelor’ co-star reveals on a podcast that he decided to appear on the show rather than date a Hollywood star.

The comments came from former “Bachelor” Ben Flajnik, who appeared on the She’s All Bach podcast with Stefanie Parker and Jackie Maroney in February 2023.

The podcasters co-wrote the episode“Former Bachelor Ben Flajnik joins the conversation and opens up about the last time he spoke to ex Courtney Robertson, his relationship with Jennifer Love Hewitt before he became The Bachelor, skinny dipping on national TV and what’s really going on with Kris happened to Jenner.”

That’s right. Flajnik said he was dating Hollywood star Jennifer Love Hewitt, best known for her role on I Know What You Did Last Summer, but they broke up because he wanted to get on the show.

Here’s what you need to know:

Ben Flajnik says he decided to go on the show despite dating Jennifer Love Hewitt

Flajnik, who was a bachelor in 2012, proposed to Courtney Robertson at the end of the program, though they eventually broke up for good.

He told podcasters that Hewitt asked him not to be on The Bachelor. However, he revealed that the relationship was still in its infancy at the time and decided to join the program.

“I was like, ‘Well, there’s not much I can do here right now,'” he told her. “We’ve been dating for a few weeks — I didn’t want to do the bachelor’s.”

He also told the podcasters that the producers wanted him to stop seeing Kris Jenner, with whom he developed a friendship after appearing on their talk show. They ended up drinking wine together and he also got to know other members of the Jenner-Kardashian family, he said on the podcast.

Flajnik said on the podcast that the producers “called me and said, ‘What are you doing? To stop.'”

He said he replied, “I was like, ‘What? She’s really nice!'”

Ben Flajnik used to call Jennifer Love Hewitt a ‘nice girl’

Flajnik has previously opened up about dating Hewitt. in 2011, The Daily Mail reports that he revealed to USA Today that he once dated Hewitt, who approached him and wanted to come to the winery to see him.

“She’s a nice girl, but I wasn’t — it was right in the middle of when I decided to become the Bachelor,” he told USA today, according to the Daily Mail.

Additionally, he revealed to the site that he didn’t want to date a celebrity, according to the Daily Mail, which reported that he said, “When that’s all said and done, it’s not something I want to do with a Hollywood celebrity.” end up. ”

Today, Flajnik describes himself on his Instagram page as “entrepreneur, globetrotter & oyster trader”.

He recently posted about bringing his mother to Japan.

He also posted Photos from his 40th birthday.

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