Dancing with the Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev has denied he's dating his Season 22 celebrity partner Mischa Barton.
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However, Artem's representative addressed the dating rumors on Thursday, telling E! News, "All of these reports are false. Mischa and Artem are not dating. The experience of Dancing with the Stars has a tendency to really bond partners and pros. They have remained friends since the show."
Mischa, 30, and Artem, 33, were eliminated in the third week of the Dancing with the Stars competition, but it was apparently enough time for them to become friends and want to maintain a relationship. The pair has hung out numerous times since and even shared photos of their outings on Snapchat.
The ET source had said earlier this week that Mischa and Artem went on "an official date" because they "care about each other," adding that the pro dancer is "the reason she's looking happier recently."
"[Mischa] has become giddy when talking about him and quite smitten with him," the source claimed. "He's pursued her for a while, and she's coming around."
It would be a surprise if Mischa and Artem were romantically involved because they had butted heads during their stint on Dancing with the Stars and didn't appear to get along. Mischa was often shown copping an attitude and complaining about Artem's style of teaching.
Reports surfaced earlier this month that Mischa was the most "self-entitled and rude" celebrity contestant ever to compete on Dancing with the Stars.
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