Ben and Lola are both in relationships but he seemed to plant a kiss on her head as they shopped together - just good friends we're sure
X Factor hunk Ben Haenow cosies up to fellow hopeful Lola Saunders and appears to plant a kiss on her head.
They were pictured in a friendly embrace at a supermarket on Friday night after they took time out of the performers’ house to buy cigarettes.
Customers in the Morrisons store in North London spotted them as the wannabe pop stars held each other close. One onlooker said: “They looked really cosy.”
Ben and Lola are both in long-term relationships and show sources insisted they were nothing more than friends.
An X Factor insider said: “Ben and Lola are both very tactile with one another and get on really well. They are just good friends though and both are in relationships.”
Ben, 29, from Croydon, South London, has dated school pal Jessica Jones for six years.
She accompanied him to his early auditions and almost got an accidental proposal.
Van driver Ben told judges the couple were “looking to get married soon” and Jessica, who was backstage, looked shocked as the cameras panned on her.
Soulful singer Lola, 20, who worked as a fishmonger in South Tyneside, has been dating childhood friend Jordan Rutter for four years. He is regularly in the X Factor audience.
Jordan, also 20, recently suggested they would get engaged when he could pay for the ring Lola deserves.
He said: “We have been together for four years and we do talk about engagement, just we don’t know when. We are too young at the moment and I can’t afford a ring yet.”
