Vinny Ventiera and Izzy Goodkind, who nearly fell in love on Bachelor in Paradise but shockingly split, are acting like they are a couple again!
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Following their Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise appearance last week in which the pair seemed estranged, Ventiera and Goodkind were photographed getting flirty and cozy on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City the very next day, TMZ reported.
According to passengers who were eyewitnesses, Goodkind and Ventiera couldn't keep their hands off each other on the Wednesday flight, and at one point, she reportedly fell asleep on Ventiera's lap.
Ventiera even allegedly sat in an undesirable center seat to be closer to Goodkind's window seat on the plane. Their public display of affection probably comes as a surprise to fans since Goodkind broke Ventiera's heart on Bachelor in Paradise and, on After Paradise, he seemed unwilling to rekindle their romance.
Before they boarded the flight, Ventiera and Goodkind briefly talked about the current state of their relationship with a paparazzo.
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"We're friends. We're both traveling to New York and so we're going to hop on the same flight. We can talk about things on the flight," Ventiera told the TMZ videographer, before explaining he had a gig coming up in New York and she simply lives there.
"We're friends at this point," Goodkind added with a smile as she threw out general phrases like, "It's all good!" and intimately brushed something out of Ventiera's beard at one point.
On Sunday, Goodkind retweeted the TMZ story and captioned it, "Lolzzzzz."
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It's unclear whether Goodkind's reaction confirms or denies the report since she could be laughing about the story's absurdity or the photographs catching them in the act, which might have embarrassed her a little bit.
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During last Tuesday night's After Paradise broadcast, Ventiera talked about how he had been falling in love with Goodkind in Paradise but she ruined their relationship by taking interest in newcomer Brett Melnick due to his good looks.
"Watching that [episode] back put a knot in my stomach... I'm still upset," Ventiera told After Paradise host Michelle Collins and co-host Sean Lowe. "I'm still heartbroken. I was blindsided and I wasn't expected it. I didn't even think it was real, to be honest with you."
Once Goodkind joined the set of the after show, she admitted she "100%" regrets dumping Ventiera.
"This has happened to me before. I run from great things and I let an amazing man go," Goodkind confessed.
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But when asked whether Ventiera would be up for sparking a romance with Goodkind again, the Florida barber and deejay replied with apprehension, "Izzy is a great person, we got along great."
Ventiera continued, "But the way that she handled that situation, what's stopping her from something happening like that in the future?... I don't want someone to walk by and catch her interest, and then all of a sudden, she wants to be with him."
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