Kris Jenner Reacts to Ben Flanjik Rumors

Kris Jenner has been linked to "Bachelor" Ben Flajnik recently, but the Kardashian matriarch and manager is finally speaking up about the rumors.

While Flajnik, the 31-year-old winemaker, has repeatedly denied dating a newly-separated Jenner, 58. Now the latter is addressing dating the season 16 "Bachelor" to E! News recently.

"Ben and I are good friends," Jenner told E! News. "I think he is a great guy but we aren't dating!"

Flajnik previously appeared on Jenner's talk show "Kris" earlier this year and has since embarked on a Mexican vacation, a concert date, invited her to his winery and went shopping with the self proclaimed "momager." While the pair's rumored relationship has made its way to the Dec 9 cover of Us Weekly, Flajnik is upset at the reports.

"She's a beautiful, smart woman. But we're friends," he insisted to People magazine. ".. She understands why I'm upset and uncomfortable with [the reports]. She deals with this kind of thing on a daily basis, and I've worked really hard to stay away from this kind of image."

Jenner announced her split from estranged husband and 64-year-old Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner earlier this year.

"We are living separately and we are much happier this way," the Jenners said in a joint statement to E! News after 22 years of marriage. "But we will always have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated, we will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our number one priority."

Kris has insisted that the pair will remain close.

"We're actually really good. Bruce and I are best friends and we actually have a lot of mutual love and respect for one another," Jenner told Entertainment Tonight previously. "… So I think that when you read into a lot of the rubbish that's being printed and on the internet and on the tabloids it's just crap. Nobody knows what's going on except Bruce or [myself] but we're just fabulous."