Nick Viall again denies any romance with Rumer Willis insisting they're just 'very close friends'

Published: 07:49 BST, 28 June 2018 | Updated: 15:03 BST, 28 June 2018

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He may have been featured in a selfie with Rumer Willis that the celebrity offspring posted to Instagram two weeks ago.

But Nick Viall, 37, continues to insist that there's no romance between himself and the 29-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.

After insisting last week to Entertainment Tonight that he and Rumer are just friends, he repeated it to People on Wednesday.

'We are very close, very platonic friends. We bounce our love lives off each other at times, but no romantic situation going on there,' he told People TV's Chatter.

More denials: Nick Viall, 37, continues to insist that there's no romance between himself and Rumer Willis, the 29-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

Just friends: On June 15, Rumer, who was the season 20 champ on ABC's Dancing With The Stars, shared a selfie of herself and Nick hanging out together and added the caption: 'Buds'

The former star of ABC's The Bachelor went on: 'Rumer is one of my very best and closest friends.'

'She decided to post a picture of us. And I was like, ‘Just so you know, people pay attention to who I’m dating or not’ and she was like, ‘[I] don’t care.’ So, she was kind of fun with it.'

He added: 'I love her to death — she’s a great friend. I’m glad she’s a part of my life.'

Close: The former star of ABC's The Bachelor told People: 'Rumer is one of my very best and closest friends.. I love her to death'. He's pictured with Rumer and her sister Tallulah in January

On June 15, Rumer, who was the season 20 champ on ABC's Dancing With The Stars, shared a selfie of herself and Nick hanging out together.

The two posed with their heads touching as Rumer wore a low-cut top and sunglasses.

She added the caption: 'Buds.'

Nick starred in the 21st season of ABC's The Bachelor where he proposed to Vanessa Grimaldi in the season finale.

The two broke off their year-long engagement in August 2017.

He'd previously appeared as a contestant on The Bachelorette in 2014 and again in 2015 and had been the Bachelor In Paradise in 2016, where he failed to propose to any of the female contestants vying for his hand.

Still single: Nick starred in the 21st season of ABC's The Bachelor where he proposed to Vanessa Grimaldi in the season finale. He'd previously appeared as a contestant on The Bachelorette in 2014 and again in 2015 and had been the Bachelor In Paradise in 2016