Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough deny their rumored romance

Dancing With the Stars champ Helio Castroneves and his partner Julianne Hough deny their rumored romance.

They ignited rumors Tuesday when Castroneves, 32, kissed Hough, 19, during their quickstep dance on the show's finale. The next day, Castroneves announced his split from his fiancée Aliette Vazquez.

New York's Daily News also reported Thursday that Castroneves and Hough were spotted in Beverly Hills last week "giggling and teasing each other while shopping for matching Ritmo watches together in Beverly Hills at the David Orgell store."

“Noooooo. We are just friends,� she told Access Hollywood. “There was nothing with [her former partner Apolo Anton Ohno] last season and there’s nothing with Helio now.�