Former ‘Bachelorette’ Rachel Recchia Shoots Down Dating Rumors

Former “Bachelorette” Rachel Recchia says she isn’t dating Blake Moynes.

Recchia made the comments when speaking with former “Bachelorette” Trista Sutter in an episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast. Moynes is a former contestant on the “Bachelorette.” Moynes and Recchia both appeared on a season of “Bachelor in Paradise” together.

“He is like one of my best friends,” Rachel said on the podcast, which aired on December 21. “We are so different. We have such different types.”

Rachel Recchia Says Has Discussed Her Relationship Issues With Blake Moynes

On the podcast, Recchia revealed that she and Moynes have discussed why she doesn’t have lasting love, and he has given her dating advice.

She told Sutter that Moynes has a “wider range” of people he’s interested in but she likes a “more feminine guy era.”

“Blake says I have to stop doing that. He’s like, ‘That’s why you can’t find a boyfriend,’” Recchia told Sutter, adding that Moynes suggested finding a “manly guy.” Recchia revealed that she told him, “I have not been looking for that so I’m trying to keep an open mind.”

Rachel Recchia Noted That She Has Been ‘Dating a Little’

Although she didn’t name names, other than to clarify that she is not dating Moynes, Recchia did tell Sutter that she is dating.

“I have been dating a little. There will be something to report, but not currently,” she told Sutter.

According to US Weekly, speculation about Moynes and Recchia went into overdrive when they attended an event together, but she clarified on a different episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast, “We went to an event together. Everyone wants us to be a couple so bad. I feel like we always address the rumor over and over again. We’re still not a couple. We’re friends.”

On her Instagram page, Recchia has posted solo photos and videos, including some showing she went on a trip to Instanbul, Turkey. She also posed on the red carpet by herself in another Instagram photo. “Just me on the same carpet as the long island medium, she wrote with that photo.

For his part, Moynes has also posted solo photos and musings on his Instagram page. “Social platforms, although a great tool for positive influence.. are also a place for many to decompress, have fun with, relate to, and a mindless outlet. A lot like reality tv,” he wrote with one.