By Christopher Willard

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Status: Just friends—for now

Golden Bachelorette alum Gary Levingston and Leslie Fhima (a runner up for Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner’s heart) appeared to have quite the glittery future when they were voted off Bachelor in Paradise’s 10th season, even writing about “making new memories” in a post-elimination social media video. But the onetime Prince muse isn’t quite sure if she wants to be his lover.

“We talk all the time,” she revealed during an August 2025 appearance on Bachelor Happy Hour. “Gary is, I can honestly say right now, one of my best friends. I’ll call him if I have a problem. He kind of talks me off the ledge a little bit, and we are always there for each other. We have each other’s back.”

While she acknowledged that the nearly 2,000 miles between them (she’s based in Minnesota; he’s in California) complicates the situation, she hasn’t given up hope. “All I know is that for me, a big thing with any relationship, a romantic one for sure, is I want to be friends first,” she continued. “Because I want to be with my best friend growing older.”