Actor Orlando Bloom has denied rumours he is dating Selena Gomez, insisting they were just attending a youth event together.

The Lord of the Rings star was linked to the singer/actress earlier this week (beg20Oct14) when they were spotted together at Los Angeles International Airport.

They were then seen in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday (23Oct14) as they headed to the We Day event, fuelling the speculation, but now Bloom has spoken out to insist they are just friends.

Asked about the rumour as he arrived back at LAX on Wednesday, he told TMZ.com, "No, man. We were just attending We Day together."

Asked again if the speculation is true, Bloom shook his head and muttered, "No."

More than 20,000 joined the We Day event, a free youth celebration featuring appearances by Jennifer Lopez, Nick Jonas, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.