The Bachelorette alums Becca Kufrin and Blake Horstmann are reportedly still just friends despite recent dating speculation.
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Although Becca and Blake, who competed on Becca's The Bachelorette season in 2018, aren't together, they keep in touch and are apparently able to have fun with each other.
"Becca and Blake are just friends," the source said, adding that just because the former couple has been seen "flirting with each other," it "doesn't mean they're dating."
Shortly after announcing on September 1, 2020 her engagement to The Bachelorette 14 winner Garrett Yrigoyen had ended, Becca made a "last-minute decision" and moved to Los Angeles, CA, to embrace a "new adventure" in her life.
And after Blake finished as the runner-up on Becca's The Bachelorette edition, he had flings with Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Kristina Schulman.
Blake was also romantically interested in Hannah Godwin on Bachelor in Paradise's sixth season, but she chose to pursue a relationship with Dylan Barbour instead.
Blake and Becca "both care a lot about each other and have always been supportive of one another," the source explained to Us.
In addition, The Bachelorette exes "run in the same group and hang out from time to time," according to the insider.
Blake and Becca's obvious flirty dynamic is what sparked rumors they may be back together.
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In April, for instance, Becca wished Blake a happy birthday on her Instagram Stories by posting "an embarrassing photo" of the pair previously sharing a cake together as "babies."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWBlake reposted the photo and captioned it, "Look at us babies," along with laughing and heart-eyes emoticons, Us reported.
Becca also jokingly gave Blake a rose during a night out with friends, an event which was reportedly documented on Kendall Long's Instagram Stories earlier this month.
Blake confirmed he and Becca have "a great relationship" during a March appearance on Us' "Here for the Right Reasons" podcast.
"We talk, we're friends," Blake said at the time. "And also, the way her and Garrett ended, I think people just want to see me and Becca happy, which is a compliment, like, it means a lot. It really, really does."
Blake continued, "We're close friends and everything and we're, like, always gonna have each other's back and care for each other. But I don't know why everybody was shipping us or still is shipping us so hard."
Dating gossip centered around Becca and Blake even dated back to December 2020.
Becca and Blake's breakup on The Bachelorette finale in August 2018 was excruciating to watch considering Blake said he was madly in love with the show's leading lady at the time.
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"I truly thought that if it came down to me proposing, that she wouldn't say no," Blake told Entertainment Tonight in 2018. "I thought what we had was real."
Blake added it was "incredibly hard" to get over his heartbreak at first.
"It made for some really hard days, but I had a great support system. My family was amazing. We talked through a lot of things and they were there for me," he said at the time.
Becca starred on The Bachelorette after having her heart broken by Arie Luyendyk Jr. on The Bachelor's 22nd season, which wrapped in early 2018.
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