• Taylor Zakhar Perez broke his silence on all those Joey King dating rumors.
  • Taylor and Joey are just super-close friends thanks to filming Kissing Booth 2 together, mmkay?

Joey King and Taylor Zakhar Perez’s chemistry in Kissing Booth 2 was almost as explosive as my personal chemistry with Netflix rom-coms, and now fans are convinced they’re dating. You know, mostly thanks to pics like this:

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And moments like this:

And also the fact that they went on vacation together. But! Taylor denies anything more than friendship between himself and Joey, telling Entertainment Tonight that they hit it off right away and are basically BFFs at this point.

“I’m sure it was odd for her to go back into a production with someone that she dated [aka Jacob Elordi],” he said. “And so me being this new castmate and Joey being there and Meganne, we kind of just all meshed really well together.…When we got back to Los Angeles, we just kept hanging out. We live really near each other. And then the quarantine hit and we kinda just needed someone to trust during that time, like, ‘Okay, I know you’re not going out. I know who you’re seeing.’ So we just became really close.”

When it comes to the pair’s recent trip together (which caused the internet to lose all chill), Taylor said, “Last weekend, we went to celebrate her birthday and a friend of mine’s birthday. We just went together and had a good time. I love her. I love her dearly. I’d do anything for her. We’re not dating. I’ll end it with that.”

CASE! CLOSED!