Rachel Requia shuts down Blake Moynes dating rumors again

Rachel Recchia, Blake Moines
John Kapaloff/Getty Images; Paul Archuleta/Getty ImagesFormer bachelorette Rachel Requia dispels rumors of an affair between her and Blake Moines – again.
After “Almost Famous” co-presenter Trista Sutter bRachel, 28, admitted that people “always deliver” the couple.
“He’s like one of my best friends,” Rachel said on the Saturday, Dec. 21 episode of the podcast. “We are so different. We have such different types.”
Rachel explained that Blake, 34, has a “wider range” of types, while she prefers a “more feminine era of guys”.
“Blake says I have to stop doing this. He’s like, ‘That’s why you can’t get a boyfriend,'” Rachel said. “(He says), ‘You need a manly guy.’ I say, “I wasn’t looking for that, so I’m trying to be open.”
Rachel noted that she’s dipping her toe back into the dating pool, but hasn’t had any updates on her love life at the moment. “If I can, I’ll let you know,” she said. “I didn’t meet much. There will be more to report, but not now.”
In August, Rachel put to rest speculation that she and Blake are more than friends after she was spotted supporting him at Nautica’s 17th Annual Oceana Seachange Summer Party in Laguna Beach, California.
“We went to the event together. Everyone wants us to be a couple,” she said on an episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast. “I feel like we’re always addressing the rumors over and over again. We’re still not a couple. We’re friends.”
Despite the drought Ashley Iaconetti noting that the duo “look really cute together,” Rachel said they never locked lips. “He is my best friend. I go to him for everything,” she explained. “Then who would I go to if we had that weird kiss and then things got awkward?”
After without finding the One in previous seasons of the franchise, Rachel and Blake were involved in Season 9 Bachelor in Paradise in 2023. They decided to exit the show in week 4 when they didn’t find a romantic connection on the beaches of Mexico.
“We went to heaven together. We’ve been friends and traveling for over a year,” Rachel explained of their friendship. “If it was meant to be, I think it would have happened.”
By the time she was rumored to be having an affair with Blake, Rachel was done with her Gabby Windy19th season A bachelor is engaged in Tina Franko but the two shared after it was revealed that he had kissed someone during a difficult period in their relationship. Blake, for his part, was engaged Kathy Thurston in 2021, but they broke up after a few months.