Kristin Cavallari has addressed Tyler Cameron dating rumors after she and The Bachelorette alum were spotted kissing during a steamy photo shoot.
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Tyler, 29, and the former Very Cavallari star, 35, were photographed making out last week while posing for a western-themed photo shoot promoting The Hills alum's clothing and jewelry line, Uncommon James.
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"I was stirring the pot! Yeah, I was!" the 35-year-old mom of three joked with Entertainment Tonight in an interview.
Kristin and Tyler -- who competed on Season 15 of The Bachelorette starring Hannah Brown as well as Fox's The Real Dirty Dancing -- definitely brought "sexiness" to the set, but Kristin confirmed "no" they are not dating.
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"So Tyler is the sweetest human being on the planet, such a great guy. I was really impressed with him," Kristin gushed.
However, Kristin said she and the former Florida general contractor had a modeling job to do and behaved as total professionals.
"I hired him to play my love interest in our fall campaign video. There is nothing going on. Great guy, [but] we are not dating," Kristin insisted with a laugh. "I promise."
She added, "If I was, I would not answer the question, put it that way."
While there appears to be nothing romantic going on between Kristin and Tyler, the Uncommon James jewelry-line founder apparently mixed a little bit of business and pleasure at the photo shoot, which took place at Joshua Tree in Palm Springs, CA.
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"It was so fun," she admitted. "Honestly, we had so much fun. I can't say enough good stuff about him. There is no ego whatsoever. He is just very chill, up for anything."
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Once the snaps surfaced on the Internet and made headlines, Kristin played into the hype regarding potential for romance with Tyler when she uploaded an Instagram photo of herself straddling a man -- presumably Tyler -- while sitting on a window sill.
It's likely Kristin was just trying to drive attention to her new clothing and accessories line, but the kissing pictures came only one day after Kristin revealed she's ready for a new relationship following her broken marriage to former NFL player Jay Cutler.
Many fans therefore deemed Kristin and Tyler's steamy interaction pretty coincidental given the timing.
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"You know what's funny is everyone was like, 'She knew what she was doing,'" Kristin told ET, "and I honestly did not think about it like that. Nothing is going on. He was a hired actor, okay?!"
The Balancing in Heels author is in the middle of her divorce from Jay and it has yet to be finalized. The former couple shares three children together: sons Camden, 9, and Jaxon, 7, as well as daughter Saylor, 6.
Kristin declined to reveal whether she's dating again, but she did note that she's "open to dating" at this point in her life.
"This is the first time in a few years that I'm in a good place to be dating. It feels really good, to be honest. I am smiling, I am happy and everything is good," Kristin shared.
"I want someone who is just really comfortable in their own skin and can be my rock... also just really fun and doesn't take life so seriously, and someone who is successful in their own right."
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"But I think all of those things go hand in hand," she added, "confidence and knowing who you are, I think, comes with success as well."
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Kristin, who also previously said she's not interested in dating a narcissist, revealed how she'd "totally" consider walking down the aisle again.
"I totally would [get married again]," Kristin said. "I want to because I think this time around it would be very different, and that excites me."
Kristin, who found fame when she starred on Laguna Beach, recently told her followers on Instagram that she needed the past two years to work "through some heavy stuff" and focus on herself and her kids.
"I dated a little here or there," she disclosed, "but no one serious... I will be entering a new relationship as a different person, which really entices me."
Following her split from Jay in April 2020, Kristin was linked to comedian Jeff Dye and singer Chase Rice.
"Jay and I actually went on a couple of dates, like, months and months and months ago," Kristin told Kaitlyn Bristowe during an October 2021 episode of her "Off the Vine" podcast. "But then I was, like, it's not there for me anymore."
But Jay is reportedly having a harder time moving on from his marriage.
A source told Us Weekly last month that the athlete is "still very much hung up" on his soon-to-be ex-wife.
"They are coparenting well -- he just wishes they were still together," the source explained. "He deeply cares about her."
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Meanwhile, Tyler is single and mingling after his split from model Camila Kendra, who allegedly dumped The Bachelorette alum in August 2021 after eight months of dating.
Camila, 27, appeared to break up with Tyler shortly after he publicly announced that he was "very in love" with her.
"Things were going well until they weren't," an insider told Us in August 2021. "Friends were surprised things ended so quickly."
Tyler told E!'s Daily Pop in February during a joint appearance with Kristin that he's now looking for a woman who is "hungry and ambitious" as well as "family oriented" and "ready for an adventure."
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