Bobby Flay Says He Loves Kristin Cavallari's 'Energy' After Viral Podcast Episode: ‘She's a Baller’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

The Food Network star joinedKristin Cavallarion her podcast,Let’s Be Honest, on Oct. 29. The episode was chock-full of dating stories from the two newly-single people  — includinga DM disaster between Flay and Cavallari— and fans quickly flocked tocommenton the “chemistry” between the pair.

“I see a connection here,” one fan wrote on an Instagram video of the podcast. Another commented, “Power couple.”

When asked about the headline-making interview, Flay lightheartedly scoffed.

“I love her energy, and I also really respect her as a businesswoman,” he continues. “She’s fun. She’s a baller, she’s a mom, she’s got three kids. She runs her jewelry business, she runs her podcast business, she runs her whole Kristin Cavallari life and she does it incredibly well.”

The podcast came while the celebrity chef was doing rounds of press for his new book,Chapter One,which was released on Oct. 29. Between book signings and culinary-focused interviews, Flay gravitated towards theLaguna Beachalum’s project: “I thought it’d be a fun podcast and something a little bit different than some of the other ones that I was doing, which are really just basically based on food,” he said.

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Dining was still discussed during theLet’s Be Honestepisode but dating was the bulk of the interview.

PEOPLE was first to report on Flay’s split from writer Christina Pérezin June. Cavallari had her ownbreakupin September after dating TikToker​​Mark Estesfor seven months.

“If I wanted to start dating again, what am I going to do? I don’t want to go on the [dating] apps,” he told Cavallari, “because then it becomes a public thing.”

Flay said, “I’m a very private person with my private life. Other people like to talk about my private life, I don’t like to talk about it because the rest of my life is so public, because I’ve been on television basically my entire adult life. So I like keeping as much as I can of my private life to myself.”

Cavallari asked Flay if marriage is “off the table completely” and he replied, “Is it off the table? If you asked me today, I’d say probably, yes.” But the cookbook author clarified, “I would be interested in alife partnerfor sure.”

source: people.com