Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have to constantly fend off rumors they've taken their relationship off the ice, so Ellen played "The Definitely Not Dating Game" with these two friends.
Megan Ripley I know eh!! It would be pretty hard to break that connection and have someone win over either one of them. In time they will realize and come out to the world!!
yeah, but not this deep.. a bond that lasted for twenty years through thick and thin and still going strong? man, their relationship is just as strong as an old married couple
For me, they are soulmates. Simple as that. Romantic relationship confirmed or not, they are soulmates. I think no one else will complete them as they complete each other.
They'll will find spouses in life. They're much like the modern day version of Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, in the way they've dominated the sport and in the way their fans have always wished that they were romantically involved.
These are comments Scott made from only a FEW interviews and the reality show I have seen... “Green eyes - gorgeous green eyes” To a simple question of what color are you partner’s eyes. “Everyone needs a Tessa” “We came together so I could find Tessa” “I live for Tessa” “Tessa keeps me alive” “I like to feel her hands, bare hands” When asked "where?" he had to clarify on his hands “You are really restless when you sleep…I read” “I will always do it (step up to the plate) for Tessa” “Tessa is brilliant” “We fell in in love with ea…. (trails off) - with SKATING with each other again” “I can’t stand to have my back to you” “Any girlfriend will have to accept (my relationship with) Tessa” "MY friends were texting me (to have a date with Tessa) and I didn't answer" After Tessa did a photo shoot in tight work out clothes "Anyone who wants to date Tessa, comes through me" “My hands were clammy and my heart was beating fast” When he was first skating with Tessa 9 years old “after doing these interviews for 5 years I have been pitching this and this is the first ‘Maybe’ so there is hope” When the interviewer asked Tessa if she would date Scott and she said maybe. Scott is about 18 “I can’t imagine skating with anyone else” "Tessa can't remember her life without me" “We are there for each other” "We are best friends" "Tessa is the only one who laughs at all my jokes" "I can't imagine not being with Tessa" "What do you love? OOOOh I thought it would be me" Tessa has to try to keep him quiet in interviews because he can't help himself. However, she can't control his body language which is louder than his words...
Lala Haha If you have seen even a fraction of these, then you are right 😉. I have been really sick and in the past month of getting acquainted with them, it has given me some much needed joy into my life.
If that's not love what is? He's in love with her even if she's not with him. Even in this interview he said they Couldn't have a relationship like that and still move forward with their skating together. Unfortunately this seems to happen with dance earners a lot where the guy is attracted to the girl but she just see's it as dancing. :(
They say they are not dating... Now every second word Tessa utters, she looks at Scott. And Scott is sitting half turned towards Tessa, not a care towards the world or Ellen for that matter. First time saw a "non-couple" so much engrossed in each other.
Levon Sarkisian well because I been there for like 20 times, Toronto just like any other metropolitan cities in the world, people are stressed and busy, so they appear to be mean :( If you come here to Montreal or smaller cities, people are more chill
normally i would be upset by people publicly prying like this when obviously, if they *were* dating they want to keep it a secret... but ellen is the only person who can pull it off with so much humour. And they played the newly-weds game.
vistaprime No neither one of them are currently dating. Scott said they weren't a committed relationship what's skating leading up to the Olympics. As of right now they are currently too busy to have a relationship. Scott said when they decide to date it's none of the Public's business and I agree.
GUYS THEY'RE NOT A COUPLE DEFINITELY NO-- "We probably care more about each other than we do about ourselves almost." - Scott "At the core, we're still each other's biggest fans, and we adore one another" - Tessa "I don't think she realizes that she keeps me alive." - Scott "After twenty years, I still find Scott hysterical." - Tessa "Tessa's brilliant, in every sense. Everybody should have a Tessa." - Scott "People search their whole lives for someone that special and we have that and we're very fortunate." - Tessa Those are only SOME. These two are such saps. BUT NO! NOT A COUPLE. AT ALL.
@kilerbling...if that were the case he would be dating Tessa instead and he's not. Why do you guys even care. they are athletes. it isn't like you expect the men in the two man bobsled to be dating or the men in the relay. it's a performance nothing more. who cares if they are dating each other. it's silly.
If they aren't going to be together romantically, I'd hate to be the person who dates one of them. If you find someone with whom you can be that close, it is a miracle. Still, my theory is that they deserve to be coy, especially if they are going to compete again (which I don't think they necessarily should). Then, maybe when everything dies down around this, they can "explore" other aspects of their relationship. Also, SQUEEEE
Kyra Stevens Perhaps but in an interview Tessa said she would never do on ice what she does with Scott with one of her brothers. Scott said he thought it was weird that his brother and cousin skated together. So who knows?
They never say "No" directly; they always go around the question. How funny. And also, have you noticed how the constantly look at each other when answering questions, as if they are checking the other one's approval or validation?
Noone listened to Tess talking about how they're totally not a couple. Everyone was watching the slide show of indecent sexy poses of the two of them in the brackground.
Between looking at those pictures and Tessa, I don’t think Scott was really aware Ellen, the audience and millions of people (after it airs$ were there
While she was explaining how they're not a couple keeps looking at him every second. Me: stop looking at each other like that if you're not together!!! 😂😂😂
Ellen: Are you a couple? Tessa: *answers no in the most respectful way by saying things we've already heard before * Ellen: *.....so you're a couple?* I AM ELLEN, ELLEN IS ME!!
Why would they ever have to date? Dating is all about getting to know each other. These two know more about each other than most couples who have been married for 50 years. Dating at this point seems redundant. OTOH, these two also seem to love and respect each other more than most who have been married for years. It's definitely a unique relationship and one that has worked well for them. How will it be when they don't spend almost every waking minute with each other? It would be like losing a huge part of oneself. Time will tell but I say let them have their peace and stop asking them the same questions over and over again. They have to be sick of them, as are we.
flourchylde I agree with you 100%. Your comments align with mine. My thought regarding the newlywed/get to know your partner games and questions is that they could close down a lot of that if they really wanted to. Same questions same answers right and wrong. They were on a Montreal tv show two weeks ago and someone said can I ask you a burning question and they both recoiled. The question was do you sharpen your own skates? They were relieved and instead of answering the question and moving on, Tessa brings up the relationship by saying oh I had an answer in French which was we are not a couple. Then it was down a rabbit hole. A lot of times they poke at the ant pile. To be honest, they are less guarded and are more natural when the conversation is about other things. I would rather those kind of interviews instead of the forced relationship. The funny thing is the Scott slips up more on those interviews. As Ellen determined, they are ok they way they are. Its their business. I would rather watch them skate anyway.
Jisoo Hong Scott is so transparent and can’t help himself. That’s why Tessa doesn’t let him talk His body language is LOUD enough - just marry her and put all of Canada out of its misery 😉
Hayley H Tessa was not going to let him get off script. She jumped in faster than Trump can say “no collusion”. Scott is so transparent with his Freudian slips she might as well tape his mouth shut. Actually Ellen should have ditched the dating stuff because they spill a lot more information on their relationship with just everyday questions. They also have a talent for steering the conversation back to their relationship - they themselves can’t stop poking at the ant pile. 😉
Again thanking Ellen for wonderful #virtuemoir content. My shipping heart is a bit heartbroken bec they are still saying they are not dating but I'm still reading the non verbal signs and seeing some yes when words uttered are no. Confusing but keeps my ship afloat.
Scott has said he will always love her no matter what ,Tessa has said she loves how Scott has always been by her side and she would never have anyone else, they say they have never cursed at each other ever, you guys are way a head of most happy married couples all ready
Yes but I don’t know how Scott will survive Tessa dancing with someone else. He gets weird at the mention of even skating with someone else for one evening 😬
C Jane you're so right plus I don't think WE are ready to see them dancing with other people as well ! At least I know I only want to see them dance with each other !
I think they said somewhere that they wouldn't think its fair since they've done so much off ice dancing already (more than Meryl and Charlie did). Tessa was even offered a spot in the national ballet at age 9!
in a french interview on Monday, tessa said she never ever imagined skating with anyone but Scott because the reason she loved skating was because of having scott as a partner. When tessa was younger she gave a similar response saying that not only would it feel wrong but skating with another partner wasn;t an avenue she would ever take. soul mate talk
imagine being either of their future bf/gf?? getting in the middle of ... what ever you call that relationship... yikes. they are soul mates in my opinion lol
I love how they are so media trained that it’s so obvious to know when they’re actually getting out of their script and being spontaneous. They’re 100% together, they know we know they know. Thank you for coming to my TED talk
I really wish people would stop pushing the dating thing on them and just enjoy their art and work for what it is. What's more amazing for me is their friendship - to know someone for 20 years and achieve everything with them is a remarkable thought.
I agree - the interviews should focus more on their body of work and general things instead of this relationship stuff. Unfortunately, they themselves perpetuate it by doing this newlywed/get to know your partner games in interviews. Its the same questions and same answers (right and wrong - I would think by now Scott would know Tessa likes breakfast). They could say beforehand - we are not going there. They bring up the relationship even when it is not asked - they often poke at the ant pile. It doesn't help that the steamy stuff on the ice is the same steamy stuff off the ice. Anyway, whatever they want to call their relationship ( I would say more married than married people), it is heartwarming and delightful.
Couldn't agree with you more. But its also just the amount of attention their relationship got on social media this Olympic was crazy. I was seeing articles everywhere about how people claim "there is no way they aren't in a relationship." Its just their sport is so much more than their potential love life, its what I've loved about them all this time, but because they've come into this limelight now they have to address people's words... maybe even perpetuate it themselves because they know it sells.
If these people are not in love then I don't know who is.They might not be dating publicly or even not but they definitely are hella deep in love #virtuemoir
Enough already!!!! If they are that clueless that they are in love and connected more deeply than 99% of all married couples, then an intervention must be staged! It’s not their chemistry on the ice, it’s what happens OFF the ice that confirms they are deeply in love. Neither one will ever be able to sustain a long lasting relationship with another person, as they could never have as deep a bond with anyone else. Come on, you two - just admit it!
NO sisters or brothers would look at each other the way they do in the interviews ( not only in Ellen show),they know each other so well,their weaknesses,insecurities,jokes..they have been together for 20 years ,and their biggest passion is skating,and we all can see the chemistry between them,,so I cant imagine a partner who would be able to compete with or accept what they have.. maybe they will open up when they retire,or maybe they are already married,or Scott is too shy to ask her or maybe he is scared of the answer or vice versa ,dont know the reason ,but There is definitely a spark between them..
Amr Ibrahim Seif Allam He fell when he was 9 years old. Aside from the 3 fake girlfriends, she is the one and only for him and has been all his life. He said in several interviews, he lives only because of her.
I think Tessa knows they'll be together since obviously she has him wrapped around her finger. She keeps things hot on the ice by denying him off ice, and he had to work out his frustrations with other girls.
Even if they are not a couple, I feel like they will be in some time. It's 20 years in a relationship and they are young, god it's a hella long time. They are at home with each other. I'm telling you: in 5 years they will be together for sure
Sally Vee after this year olympic they will be retiring and it has been noted by everyone i think that Olympics 2018 will possibly be their last ice dancing. That's why their performance was a bit more emotional than usual and a lot of the audiences were standing after it ended. That being said, they can still compete if they decided to withdraw their decision. Age doesn't matter... Savchenko is 34 when she won gold in Olympics.
Time and distance may come between these best friends as they move on with their lives. However, years later.. okay, even as little as 5 years later, there could be a planned reunion where Cupid arrives as a not-so-unexpected guest.
I can’t think of one reason why these two shouldn’t be together. The love and respect is clearly there. Hmmm, I wonder if they are just scared stiff of committing and messing up their friendship bond if it didn’t work out, that’s a thing too you know. That said, watch enough clips of them and you quickly come to the realization that there is more going on then they are willing to admit to.
I agree. I’m thinking it’s because they’re not in Canada. All the interviews I’ve seen since the Olympics were in their country and they seemed more relaxed.
I really think the have chemistry, but to be professional, they can not start a relationship, or else when they end it, they'll also have to end their partnership...
Gawd, Tessa is soooooooo good lookin' ... what's the matter with you, Scott??? Are you going to let her go just because you like country and western music??? Time to RETHINK! I mean she has so many virtues, being an eloquent speaker one of 'em ...
A lot of y’all have never WORKED with couples and it shows haha I think if they were ever dating during their careers they wouldn’t have made it as far as they did and they know that
Thank you Ellen for having them! I deeply love and admire Tessa and Scott, two amazing athletes/artists with exceptional skills and passionate mind and body connection/affection! They are truly outstanding persons. I believe that Life has given them the greatest gift : they have found each other! The rest is just only a matter of time....
