{"id":290853,"date":"2020-04-13T14:38:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1140279"},"modified":"2020-04-13T14:38:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:38:25","slug":"the-bachelors-peter-weber-reacts-to-claims-hes-breaking-social-distancing-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/the-bachelors-peter-weber-reacts-to-claims-hes-breaking-social-distancing-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bachelor&#8217;s Peter Weber Reacts to Claims He&#8217;s Breaking Social Distancing Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.621058558559\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"20.850225225225\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/peter_weber\">Peter Weber<\/a><\/strong> is known for breaking hearts&#8230; not the rules.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bachelor<\/em> star is setting the record straight on why he&#8217;s continuing to go outside and work\u2014even as the world is practicing social distancing amid the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a><\/strong> pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>As many know, the 28-year-old is a pilot for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BytqvCtgAlT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delta Airlines<\/a>. And while many stars quit their day jobs after becoming a lead on the ABC dating show, that&#8217;s not the case with Peter.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday afternoon, one of his Instagram followers asked him why he&#8217;s been &#8220;hanging out with people and flying.&#8221; His answer was simple and to the point: &#8220;Air service is considered an essential service so I still have to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;I&#8217;m quarantined with <strong>Kelley Flanagan<\/strong> and <strong>Dustin Kendrick<\/strong> in Chi-town when I&#8217;m not working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans of <em>The Bachelor<\/em> alum will know that he&#8217;s been spending a lot of time with Flanagan, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1134546\/the-bachelor-s-peter-weber-seen-hanging-out-with-kelley-flanagan-in-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sparked romance rumors with her in recent weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>In late March, the two were spotted on an afternoon outing&nbsp;at the Riverwalk in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were right across from Marina Towers. They seemed to just be hanging out on the walk,&#8221; an onlooker told E! News at the time. &#8220;Peter was vibing and it seemed like, at one point, Kelley had his leg in her lap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.396901072706\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020313\/rs_634x1024-200413133306-634-peter-weber-instagram-stories-am-041320.gif?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Peter Weber, Instagram Stories\" alt=\"Peter Weber, Instagram Stories\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Instagram Stories<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"22.533495736906\">\n<p>It didn&#8217;t help that a couple of weeks later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1136617\/the-bachelor-s-peter-weber-and-kelley-flanagan-are-tiktok-s-new-rumored-couple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelley made a cameo on Peter&#8217;s TikTok<\/a>. Naturally, fans began to wonder if they were dating, especially since they were seen spending so much time together.<\/p>\n<p>But a week ago, Peter put the romance rumors to rest and addressed his relationship with the 27-year-old lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are we dating? No. Do I love spending time with her? Absolutely. Could I see that in the future? Yeah, of course. I&#8217;d be extremely lucky and very happy if that happened,&#8221; he told <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nick_viall\">Nick Viall<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1138035\/peter-weber-addresses-kelley-flanagan-romance-for-the-first-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">during an interview on his podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of anyone, I&#8217;m the last person that needs to rush into any kind of relationship. I just had an engagement that didn&#8217;t work out,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I just was trying to pursue things with another woman that didn&#8217;t work out. That&#8217;s why right now, I&#8217;m just taking it really, really slow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"66\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22\">\n<p>In that same interview, he revealed that he was&nbsp;quarantining&nbsp;with Kelley and Dustin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Long story short, I wasn&#8217;t working so I thought I&#8217;d go out there [to Chicago] and spend some time with her, take her mind off some [family] things. This was right when everything was starting to hit with the quarantine stuff,&#8221; Peter explained.<\/p>\n<p>Adding,&nbsp; &#8220;It kind of just became a thing where we&#8217;ve always gotten along really well, and had really good chemistry. We just enjoy each other&#8217;s company. I just decided to quarantine up here with Dustin as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Plus, he mentioned he&#8217;d feel bad if he gave his parents, who are at a higher risk due to their age, COVID-19.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1140279\/the-bachelor-s-peter-weber-reacts-to-claims-he-s-breaking-social-distancing-rules?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Weber is known for breaking hearts&#8230; not the rules. The Bachelor star is setting the record straight on why he&#8217;s continuing to go outside and work\u2014even as the world is practicing social distancing amid the Coronavirus pandemic. As many know, the 28-year-old is a pilot for Delta Airlines. And while many stars quit their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-23 05:56:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}