Justin Bieber & Barbara Palvin Never Hooked Up, According to Barbara Palvin

It was the pic that had Beliebers sighing in one collective sound of relief.

After a photo of Justin Bieber and Victoria's Secret model Barbara Palvin was tweeted out by Selena Gomez herself (along with the caption, "……."), it seemed to be the beginning of the end for the two lovebirds.

But, now the VS model is speaking out and claiming that she had nothing to do with their breakup. In fact, she says they were never romantically involved.

She recently stated:

"You know how the drama started — Selena retweeted the picture.

I'm okay to talk about it because I know there's nothing. It's ridiculous how this got to the news."

She also said that they were just "hanging out" after the fashion show, adding:

"That was it…that’s why it was so weird. They thought I caused a big drama, their break-up.

I wanted to meet him real bad. I watched his movie [Justin Bieber: Never Say Never] and I was like, 'He’s such a cool kid, I want to meet him.' And then when I did at the [Victoria’s Secret] show, we met and of course we had a conversation and then I took the picture with him."

As for other claims that they hung out during one of his tour stops in Florida, Barbara says:

"We didn’t hang out, that's the funny part."

Hmm, we're not sure if Selena will think it's so funny, but the girl is clear: she did NOT break up Jelena!

[Images via Daniel Tanner/Arnold Wells/WENN.]