Dannii Minogue and Johnny Ruffo: Are they TV's hot new couple, or aren't they?
IT IS the hot new TV couple that everyone is talking about, and yet Dannii Minogue and Johnny Ruffo continue to deny their budding romance.
IT IS the hot new TV couple that everyone is talking about, and yet Dannii Minogue and Johnny Ruffo continue to deny their budding romance.
News that the X Factor judge and Home and Away star, who have a 16-year age gap, were embroiled in a secret tryst broke in December, with news.com.au reporting that they had apparently hooked up at a Dancing With The Stars wrap party earlier in the year.
Talk resurfaced over the weekend and Woman's Day is today reporting that Ruffo, 25, has been visiting Minogue - who turns 42 next month - on the X Factor set, despite not having an official role with the talent show this season.
An X Factor spokesperson told news.com.au this morning there was no truth to the claims.
"Johnny was on set weeks ago in an official capacity for Yahoo," she said. "He is a friend of the show and has been on set for the past three years, long before Dannii was part of the panel.
"He was the show's social media reporter last year and on set for every show so it's not new for him to be around and that's why he was there a few weeks ago."
Ruffo denied the speculation when quizzed by radio duo Kyle and Jackie O on air in July this year, saying "No! I've heard this rumour like, a million times … we're just friends."
Whether the dating reports are true or not, it's interesting that the rumour mill has started turning again, eight months after the pair was first romantically linked.
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