It turns out JoJo Fletcher knew who contestant Jordan Rodgers was before officially meeting him on Monday night's premiere of The Bachelorette.
ET talked to the season 12 star on Tuesday, when
JoJo admitted she was aware that the 27-year-old former NFL player was
one of her suitors before the actual competition -- and that he was Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' younger brother.
"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," she tells ET's Nancy O'Dell exclusively.
However, she insists that the knowledge didn't influence her thoughts about him in any way.
"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," she says. "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."
She firmly denies reports that she and Jordan already knew each other prior to the show.
"There's zero truth to that," she stresses. "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."
Still, JoJo -- who says she has never met Aaron or his girlfriend, actress Olivia Munn -- was obviously taken by Jordan right off the bat, sharing a steamy kiss
and giving him the "first impression" rose during the premiere episode.
The reality star admits that the two had an "immediate connection."
"Sometimes when you're with somebody, you
automatically have that sense of comfort and peace ... the conversation
flowed, he's obviously cute," she gushes about Jordan. "It was an easy
conversation on a very stressful night."
As for her hilarious compliments on Jordan's butt
following their kiss, she claims she didn't actually mean to get that up
close and personal!
"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," she
jokes. "It's just a good, little butt! Little tush!
Most importantly, JoJo, 25, says she has no regrets about her experience this season.
"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," she reflects. "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."
Though there's already lots of controversy when it
comes to Jordan's romantic past. On Monday, Nashville-based trainer
Brittany Farrar -- who claims to be Jordan's ex -- threw some serious
shade at him on Instagram, accusing him of cheating and wanting fame.
"Riding the bench doesn't get in the way of a
relationship, but cheating does. #yourpitchisntperfect @jrodgers11
#alwayswantedtobefamous #dreamscometrue #tuneinnextweekformoreBS,"
Brittany posted, also knocking Jordan's Pitch Perfect 2 cameo.
🌹Riding the bench doesn't get in the way of a relationship, but cheating does. #yourpitchisntperfect @jrodgers11 #alwayswantedtobefamous #dreamscometrue #tuneinnextweekformoreBS 😝@bacheloretteabc
A video posted by Brittany Farrar (@brittany.farrar) on
To complicate things, Brittany also appears to be good friends with Olivia.
@frankierodgers12 wiped out after his first @brittany.farrar workout. I feel ya buddy. She kicks me butt, too. 🐶💪😴
A photo posted by Olivia Munn (@oliviamunn) on
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