I've had a look at some of his past posts, and I came across this one:
http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...9&postcount=83
He says that she was a personal friend and that he knew her before Big Brother.
But what I find interesting is that on launch night, Rachel posted on her Twitter that she has never actually met him:
https://twitter.com/Rachel_Rice9/sta...39628445319168