Bachelor season 24 duo Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan are definitely a couple, it’s being reported.
There have been rumors for weeks that the duo sparked up a romance after they decided to quarantine together in Chicago, along with fellow Bachelor Nation star Dustin Kendrick.
And a source claims they are dating but don’t want to admit it and receive backlash.
Keeping it under wraps: Peter Weber and Kelley Flanagan are ‘fully dating’, a source claims, but they are afraid to go public with it
‘Peter and Kelley are fully dating, but they aren’t admitting it to people,’ an insider told Us Weekly.
‘She has been much more careful and has been staying in her house ever since her incident with Peter while walking on the Riverwalk in Chicago and doesn’t want to be criticized all over the internet.’
The duo were pictured at the end of March hanging out in Chicago and were criticized for not social distancing.
But Bachelor Nation immediately began speculating about a new romance between them since after it emerged they began quarantining together amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cozy: There have been rumors for weeks that the duo sparked up a romance after they decided to quarantine together in Chicago
Taking it slow: A source told Us Weekly this week that Peter and Kelley are keeping their romance quiet because they’re worried about backlash
Peter played coy earlier this month when he addressed the persistent rumors that he’s dating his former contestant on Nick Viall’s podcast The Viall Files.
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.’
The pilot admitted that after his failed romances with other Bachelor contestants Hannah Ann Sluss and Madison Prewett, he wants to slow things down in his romantic life.
‘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.
Coy: Peter broke his silence on his relationship status with Kelley earlier this month saying he’s not in a rush to jump into anything
‘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 earlier in April
‘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.’
Kendrick dished to Us Weekly earlier in April: ‘I think it’s fair for them to come out and say what they want to say, but the only thing I can say is that they look really cute together and their interactions are really cute as well,
‘I’m sure you’ll be possibly hearing stuff in the future from them, but I’ll let them say that.’
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