Singer Nick Jonas says he is very much single, amid rumours that the musician is dating actress Kate Hudson.
Jonas, 23, and Hudson, 37, have been spotted out and about several times over the past year, but they have always maintained they are just good friends, reported People magazine.
Jonas finally set the record straight on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" when host, Ellen DeGeneres, asked him if he's single or not.
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"I really am," Jonas confirmed. "Yeah I am."
In a not-so-subtle transition, Degeneres jokingly asked, "So how's Kate Hudson doing? She's good?"
"She's great," Jonas responded, holding back an ear-to-ear grin and a chuckle.
"We had a group dinner the night before the Met Gala. Lots of people and she was there and I was there."
Trying to really convince the afternoon talk show host that he and the "Mother's Day" actress have a platonic relationship, Jonas added, "It was a group."
DeGeneres, however, didn't really believe him. "Uh-huh," she says. "Whatever.