Not even Ellen DeGeneres could get Canadian ice dance sensations Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to say they are more than friends.

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While pictures of the two-time Olympic championsB次元官网网址� steamy routines danced across a large screen, Virtue poured cold water over the suggestion that the on-ice chemistry extended beyond the rink.

Canadian Gold medalists and are here. Are they a couple? Are they not? I asked. I asked twice. Okay, I asked three times.

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Moir admitted that he and Virtue did in fact date as children, to the amusement of their parents.

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Despite adamantly denying they are an item, Moir and Virtue did do fairly well at a B次元官网网址淒ating GameB次元官网网址� segment to test their chemistry.

Moir knew that Virtue would want Emma Watson to play her in a movie. Virtue correctly guessed that MoirB次元官网网址檚 celebrity crush was Reese Witherspoon (at least in the film B次元官网网址淲alk the LineB次元官网网址�) and that his greatest fear was mascots.

Virtue and Moir won their second career ice dance gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in February while helping Canada claim the gold in the team event. The medals made the pair the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time.

The Canadian Press