You said he was like your little brother: Ellen DeGeneres leaves Selena Gomez red faced over Justin Bieber relationship denial

By Sarah Fitzmaurice


Red faced: Selena Gomez is left embarrassed after Ellen DeGeneres played a clip of her denying her romance with Justin Bieber last year on her show earlier today


Ellen De Generes is not someone you want to lie to – just ask Selena Gomez.

The 18-year-old actress was caught out by the chat show host who reminded her of her last appearance on the show – when Selena denied she was dating Justin Bieber.

While Ellen welcomed Selena onto her show warmly it wasn’t long before she had the actress squirming in her seat as she showed clips of Selena saying the 17-year-old was ‘little’ and ‘like her brother’.


De Generes played the clip of Gomez’s last visit on the show from September 2010 which saw the actress scrunch up her face and strongly deny she was dating the pop star.

When asked if she was dating Bieber Selena responded: ‘He's little. He's like my little brother. That's weird to me.’

As the clip finished Selena put her head down in her hands and wailed: ‘Don’t take me to jail.’

The Sucker Punch actress was showing off her flawless figure in a tight bodycon white dress and had her brown hair flowing loosely as she was interviewed on the Ellen De Generes show aired today.

Cool rider: Justin took to the ski slope in Manchester earlier today and enjoyed a snowboard but the 17-year-old looked a little dubious up on his board


Ellen teased Selena for denying the romance and making her look a fool going public with her relationship with the pop singer at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, while the actress pleaded she didn’t lie.

Selena said: ‘I promise you I didn’t (lie). He’s just so sweet.’

The young couple have been separated in recent weeks as Justin touring the U.K. and Ellen presented the actress with a pillow with Justin’s face printed onto the front to keep her company while she is away.

Meanwhile in the U.K. Bieber fever has hit Manchester as the pop sensation is performing in the town tonight.

Today the Never Say Never singer cooled down at The Chill Factor, Manchester’s indoor real snow slope.

Justin was seen snowboarding down the snow with a red cap on backwards and judging from the look on his face he didn’t seem to confident on the board.