The Bachelorette bachelor JoJo Fletcher has firmly denied rumors she spoke to bachelor suitor Jordan Rodgers before the show began filming.
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"There's zero truth to that," Fletcher told Entertainment Tonight of the rumors.
"The only thing that I knew about him was that he was potentially going to be part of the cast. So, I don't know where people are coming up with these things. I've never spoken to him, never met him. That first night was the first night I've ever seen him in my life. [We had] no conversation, even on the Internet."
Widespread reports of Rodger's The Bachelorette participation had first surfaced in early March when Ben Higgins' third-place finisher Caila Quinn was widely believed to be the franchise's likely next star. Fletcher therefore had the opportunity to scope out her potential suitor ahead of time -- looks, dating history, family life, and more.
"A week before this whole thing started I think his name got leaked, and it was kind of all over the Internet, so, you know, it's like 'Jordan Rodgers, brother of Aaron' -- so that's what I knew going into it," Fletcher said, referencing Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers' quarterback.
"Before I met him... I knew just that tidbit about him, but nothing else, and I don't think it made a difference either way. I don't follow football closely, so it's not like it made a huge difference, but I definitely knew that about him going into it."
The Bachelorette also insisted she has never met Aaron or his famous girlfriend, Hollywood actress Olivia Munn.
Fletcher elaborated on how she found instant chemistry with Rodgers, 27. He got the first real kiss of the season, not to mention the coveted First Impression Rose.
"Sometimes when you're with somebody, you automatically have that sense of comfort and peace... the conversation flowed, he's obviously cute. It was an easy conversation on a very stressful night," Fletcher told ET.
She also referenced the joke she made about Rodgers' butt after they shared their first kiss.
"I think on that kiss my hand might've accidentally slipped, and [his butt] was very firm, then I thought maybe I need to start to doing squats if I'm going to keep up with this," Fletcher joked. "It's just a good, little butt! Little tush!"
When looking back on her entire journey, the 25-year-old real estate developer said she has no regrets.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW"Even if it was probably really embarrassing and cringeworthy for me to watch back, I was really happy with how I handled everything -- the good and the bad. I'm happy with how my experience was, and if I had to do it again I would, because there's nothing that I regret about how it went down," Fletcher explained.
Rodgers is currently under fire because his ex-girlfriend Brittany Farrar bashed him on social media for allegedly publicly lying about the cause of their break-up. In his intro package on The Bachelorette, Rodgers claimed he lost his longtime love because was focused on his football career, however Farrar says it was because he cheated on her.
"Riding the bench doesn't get in the way of a relationship, but cheating does. #yourpitchisntperfect @jrodgers11 #alwayswantedtobefamous #dreamscometrue #tuneinnextweekformoreBS," Farrar posted, also knocking the former quarterback and aspiring television personality's Pitch Perfect 2 cameo.
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