Known as the mother hen of the Kardashian sisters, Kris Jenner is single and ready to mingle. She recently told the press that she is separated from former Olympian Bruce Jenner after 22 years of marriage.

The new cougar in town has sunk her claws into former "Bachelor" star, Ben Flajnik, who is one of the contestants that appeared on her daytime talk show, "Kris," in July.

US Weekly sources revealed that the two have been hanging out since the two met in her show. "They started hanging out. It got romantic right away," an insider tells US of when they first met. "They've been hooking up."

When Flajnik was asked about Jenner's claim, the 31-year-old former Bachelor star denied it through his Tweeter account. "Here we go again. Hey @usweekly maybe put a call into me once and a while for some fact checking. Sincerely, #TheTruth," he tweeted Tuesday, Nov. 26.

When US Weekly reached out to him by email on Friday, Nov. 22; he simply replied, "Oh, jeez, ha. I'm over this."

The rumors started when the two were snapped at Ben's Sonoma, Calif. Winery and in Punta Mita, Mexico with mutual friend and Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis in September. The two shared a professional relationship and not something romantic.

"We have some really great things in the works, and this is frustrating because it's not the light I wanted shed on our projects," Flajnik told People magazine. "It is like you can't do anything without people thinking you're hooking up or in a relationship."

Now that the news is spreading like wildfire, Flajnik had to explain his relationship with Jenner over and over again. And not just that, it also put a crimp in his real dating life.

Technically, Kris is still married to Bruce Jenner since that two are not getting a divorce. According to US Magazine, "Jenner, 58, exclusively confirmed to US in October that she and [the] former Olympian Bruce Jenner, 63, had separated after 22 years of marriage. The estranged couple have no immediate plans to divorce."