Rumors that Justin Bieber’s ex Selena Gomez is dating One Direction’s Niall Horan are nonsense

Niall Horan

What a tangled web they weave! Rumors that teenage superstars Niall Horan and Selena Gomez are dating are quickly being put to rest under the guise that no one wants to hurt each other’s feelings … or ruin any chances.

Selena Gomez and other pop star Justin Bieber have been making headlines lately with their on-again off-again relationship. With the apparent breakup came rumors that Selena Gomez had her eyes set on Irish cutie Niall Horan.

And how convenient if she had! One of Gomez’s best gal pals, Taylor Swift, is dating Horan’s bandmate Harry Styles. That’s too much star power for one double date if you ask me!

Sources are saying that there is no romance between Gomez and Horan, though. Even further, Horan wouldn’t want to hurt his relationship with Justin Bieber by dating Selena Gomez, and he still apparently only has eyes for Gomez’s other gal pal, ‘X-Factor’ mentor Demi Lovato!

"Niall and Selena are friendly with each other but they don't want to date each other," the source said, according to the Examiner.

"They're not attracted to each other. And if they were attracted to each other (but they're not), Niall wouldn't want to hurt his friendship with Justin [Bieber] by dating Selena. Niall still has a crush on Demi Lovato, who's been Selena's friend for a long time. He wouldn't ruin his chances with Demi by dating Selena."

Another insider said "Justin and Selena don't have full closure on their relationship.”

"They've broken up and gotten back together so many times that it's silly for anyone to think that Niall would want to move in on Selena when there are still some unresolved issues between her and Justin."

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber plan to keep One Direction’s Harry Styles away from their ‘hot’ moms

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber

The couple have befriended the 18-year-old One Direction singer and are surprised that, despite the number of girls his own age who throw themselves at him, he prefers to date older women.

Selena told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Justin has become really good buddies with the guys in One Direction and we know some beautiful young women in the industry who have major crushes on Harry.

"He could probably take his pick from the hottest young girls in Hollywood but from what Justin has been telling me, it's not the young girls he's looking at.

"I guess you just can't blame him when you see how hot women such as Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria and Sofia Vergara look.

"Both me and Justin still have really hot mums and Justin was like, 'Harry might have become one of my best buddies, but with his record, we need to keep him away from our mums.' "

Meanwhile, a young fan managed to evade One Direction's security team at a show in Houston, Texas, by dressing as Louis Tomlinson's girlfriend Eleanor Calder - and even convinced some of the 'One Thing' hitmaker's bandmates that she was the student.

A source told The Sun newspaper: "Fans outside the gig believed this girl was Eleanor and started hounding her about Louis and asking for her autograph.

"Security saw the commotion and took her inside the venue to present to Louis, who obviously told them it wasn't her."

More money than sense? - 'Twilight's' Robert Pattinson's dog gets his own seat on planes

The 25-year-old actor – who is dating his 'Twilight Saga' co-star Kristen Stewart - adopted his dog Bear from a shelter earlier this year because he felt lonely, so he likes to "smuggle" him into various countries when he's shooting a movie.

Speaking on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly,' he said: "He was in one those shelters where they don't keep them around for very long. He was on his sixth of seven days.

"Just by coincidence – this doesn't happen in my life very often – but I ended up being on a private jet like three days later.

"It was kind of ridiculous. Literally three days after that, we were going to L.A. and he had his own seat [on the plane]. I've smuggled him over borders many times."

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But Robert isn't the only star to have adopted a puppy. After Justin Bieber and his girlfriend Selena Gomez – who has five rescue dogs - visited Winnipeg animal rescue center D'Arcy's ARC last month, they fell in love with a 10-week-old husky, which they named Baylor.

D'Arcy Johnston, chief executive officer of the rescue center, said: "They spent a lot of time with the puppies. I was told that Selena was missing the dogs that she has at home.

"I wasn't expecting her to adopt a dog while she was on tour and has a busy schedule. Baylor probably would have had a bad life or a very short life. But he got rescued and brought to our shelter and is now going to live a very good life."