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# Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Can't Convince Ellen DeGeneres They're Not Dating

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## Video: Here's How Internet Darlings Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Respond to Those Relationship Theories

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## Cady Lang


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It’s the question on everyone’s lips: are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir dating? The 2018 Winter Olympic gold medalists in ice dancing — and most-decorated figure skaters in Olympic history 

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## Cady Lang


Mar 20, 2018 2:38 PM UTC

Although [Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir](http://time.com/5167100/virtue-moir-dating-rumors/) have emphatically [denied that they’re dating](http://time.com/5169062/scott-moir-tessa-virtue-relationship-status/), they couldn’t convince Ellen DeGeneres otherwise.

The Canadian ice dancing pair, who captured the hearts and hopes of Winter Olympics viewers everywhere this year with their sizzling chemistry and [risqué routines](http://time.com/5142383/ice-dancing-tessa-virtue-scott-moir-risque-move-olympics/), have long been speculated to be in a relationship, something that they both deny. After the two-time Olympic gold medalists’ fans campaigned on social media for the couple to appear on _The Ellen Show_, DeGeneres wasted no time in asking the burning question that everyone wanted to know: “Are you a couple?”

To the disappointment of fans everywhere, Virtue responded that they were not, noting that it was “a compliment…that people feel invested in our partnership is truly remarkable.”

Virtue also joked that if the pair were a couple, _The Ellen Show_ would be the perfect place to reveal it to the world.

Virtue and Moir, who have known each other for 20 years, also obliged DeGeneres by playing a game of “The Definitely Not Dating Game,” where they had to guess each other’s answers to questions like: “What is Tessa’s guilty pleasure?” or “Does Scott like to wear boxers or briefs?” For a couple that denies being in a relationship, Tessa and Scott were uncannily accurate with their answers.

Watch the full clip below.


## Transcript

[00:00] Relationship statuses, none of your business. [ LAUGH ]
[00:04] But I can say that in the last two years, been in a very
[00:08] committed relationship with her sport. And it's, we're
[00:12] the type of athletes that dive head first into Into
[00:17] the whole process, and I just honestly don't know
[00:20] where you would find time for that. And part of the
[00:23] reason may be why we couldn't continue was to open
[00:26] up that side of our life, maybe, and see where that
[00:28] goes. That's as personal as I'll get,
[00:33] but let's see what happens, yeah. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]

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