Newly single Ali Oetjen shares a flirty exchange with SAS Australia’s Ant Middleton

Rumours have swirled that she shared sizzling chemistry with her co-star Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins during filming for SAS Australia.

However, Ali Oetjen shared an innocent flirty exchange with Chief Instructor Ant Middleton in a post shared on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday.

Joking about Ant’s heated words to her while they were on the show, the former Bachelorette, 34, hilariously asked the ex-Royal Marine whether he still considered her to be a ‘Rapunzel or Rock Slug’. 

Ali asked her question alongside an image of Ant furiously shouting at her while on the show. 

Proving that she was a good sport about their unpleasant interactions on the show, the blonde added: ‘PS – love and respect you’.

Former British soldier Ant immediately responded by sharing Ali’s screenshot on his page. 

In a tongue-in-cheek response to her question, the happily married star wrote: ‘My lips are sealed!’  

The exchange is merely innocent as hardman Ant has been happily married to his wife of 14 years, Emilie. The pair share children Shyla, 12, Gabriel, 11, Priseis, four and Bligh, three.

Meanwhile, Ali recently denied reports she got close to Former Bachelor Nick while filming the gruelling reality competition. 

‘I promise on my mother’s life, I have never kissed him,’ she recently told said on the Bec, Cosi & Lehmo radio show.

In an initial report by New Idea, it was claimed that Ali was ‘keen to take her relationship with the former rugby player to the next level’ and become more than just friends.

‘Nick is definitely Ali’s type in every way,’ a ‘source’ allegedly told the publication. ‘I could totally see these two together.’   

Ali, who is now a wellness influencer, recently split from her boyfriend Taite Radley, who she met and fell in love with on The Bachelorette.

Meanwhile, Nick, 32, is a bachelor after he recently denied rumours he was in a relationship with Sydney socialite Alexandra George.