Leslie Fhima Addresses Rumor She’s Dating Golden Bachelorette’s Jordan

Leslie Fhima and Jordan Heller aren’t presently relationship however they do keep up a correspondence.

“I’m not relationship Jordan,” the Golden Bachelor alum, 65, clarified to Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti about her connection to Heller, 61, on the Friday, November 1, episode of their “Almost Famous” podcast. “I met Jordan.”

When requested by the cohosts if she went on a date with the Golden Bachelorette contestant, Fhima shared it wasn’t a date however extra like a “meet and greet.”

“Jordan had a collection on the soccer sport in L.A. final week,” she defined. “His childhood pal is, like, the president of the membership and he had a collection and he invited me.”

Fhima was on the town on the time to attend a taping of Dancing With the Stars to help fellow Bachelor Nation stars Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran. Since she was on the town, she was capable of attend the soccer sport and introduced alongside her pal Wendy.

Heller and Fhima raised eyebrows final month after they attended the Los Angeles Soccer Membership sport collectively. The pair posed for photos collectively in matching LAFC jerseys, which featured their final names on the again.

After posting the pics on-line, rumors swirled that the duo could be an merchandise. Nevertheless, Fhima cleared the air letting Bachelor Nation know that they’re simply mates who chat now and again.

“Now we have been texting slightly bit,” she teased. “Simply because we’re older doesn’t imply we’re silly.”

Since assembly up on the sport, Fhima admitted that she and Heller have continued to speak on the cellphone in a pleasant method.

“For me, I don’t know the place it might go if it’s gonna go,” she stated. “I simply suppose he’s an important man and to be mates with him first is ok with me.”

Heller appeared on season 1 of The Golden Bachelorette. He was eradicated by Joan Vassos after hometown dates. Whereas watching this season, Fhima admitted that Heller caught her eye.

“I like Jordan. After I was watching the present I preferred him one of the best, for me,” she stated on Friday. “Let’s say for me, I believed all the fellows had been nice. If it was me, if I used to be the Golden Bachelorette and he was on that present … you know the way you suppose.”

Fhima acknowledged that what she finds nice in a accomplice may not align with what Vassos or anybody else is in search of in a soulmate.

“That’s the great thing about these males,” she mirrored. “I believe they enchantment to sure girls, and I like that. Hopefully, there will probably be some connections.”

What drew Fhima in was how a lot she and Heller have in frequent from their religion to being geographically shut.

“Stuff like that’s essential,” she stated of getting shared pursuits. “We’re each Jewish. On the finish of the day, that’s essential to me as nicely … it’s not a tough cease… however in the event you meet somebody and they’re … that’s simply icing on the cake.”

Viewers had been launched to Fhima final 12 months in the course of the first season of The Golden Bachelor. She and Gerry Turner referred to as it quits after their fantasy suite date. Turner went on to suggest to Theresa Nist. (Turner, 72, and Nist, 71, break up in April, simply three months after they bought married on ABC’s The Golden Marriage ceremony stay TV particular.)