“Gossip Girl” co-stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley are giving the old “we’re just friends” line when it comes to the romance rumors.

While Blake Lively and Penn Badgley heat up the small screen on “Gossip Girl,” their relationship off the show is pretty tame, according to them.

Blake Lively addressed the rumors:

“[I] just try not to listen to what people say. At least for me it’s important – because I’m so close with my family and my friends – to keep core people around me that know the truth about everything.

People just wanna talk. They wanna create negative things about you and your life and make up things. You can’t let them affect you!”