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

Virtue and Moir appeared on 鈥淭he Ellen DeGeneres Show鈥� Tuesday, and the popular host asked them point-blank what a lot of skating fans have been wondering 鈥� 鈥淎re you a couple?鈥�

While pictures of the two-time Olympic champions鈥� 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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鈥淲e are not (a couple), but we always say 鈥楾hat鈥檚 a big compliment,鈥欌�� Virtue said. 鈥淲hat we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.

鈥淎 lot of the emotions we portray are universal themes that resonate with everyone, so the fact that people feel invested in our partnership is truly remarkable.鈥�

鈥淲hen the music ended (at the Pyeongchang Olympics) I just looked at Scott and I was so grateful to have lived the last 20 years by his side and to share in that moment together.鈥�

鈥淪o you鈥檙e a couple,鈥� DeGeneres said to laughter from the audience, but the skaters weren鈥檛 taking the bait.

鈥淚f we were, we would announce it here,鈥� Virtue said.

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

鈥淏ut we didn鈥檛 talk to each other,鈥� Moir said. 鈥淚 remember when we were skating, we would just hold hands and avoid eye contact.

鈥淚n order to advance our partnership we had to put the hot and heavy relationship on the side.鈥�

Despite adamantly denying they are an item, Moir and Virtue did do fairly well at a 鈥淒ating Game鈥� segment to test their chemistry.

Moir knew that Virtue would want Emma Watson to play her in a movie. Virtue correctly guessed that Moir鈥檚 celebrity crush was Reese Witherspoon (at least in the film 鈥淲alk the Line鈥�) 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