Chace Crawford's camp moves fast to plant an item that he's now enjoying a fling with new Gossip Girl castmate Michelle Trachtenberg, a rebound tryst following his heartbreaking split with Carrie Underwood — a relationship she pretty much denies ever having. But don't get jealous, JC Chasez; it's the same melancholy ploy as before. What one spy refers to as Chace and Michelle "flirting heavily" could easily be mistaken as the oldest in fag-hag conversation: "OMG this Cosmo is sooooo good!" "I know!!!@!%!@!"

"For the record, we’re both straight," insists JC Chasez of reports he's dating Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford. "We're not dating."

His story grows even cuter after you watch him on Tyra offering all sorts of excuses about why he's not dating a girl.

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Evelyn Karamanos moves quick. The WKT publicist, who also reps Christian Slater and Eliza Dushku, didn't like seeing all those rumors circulating yesterday of client Chace Crawford gaying it up with JC Chasez, even moving in with him.

So, we're guessing, she quickly had this item dispatched to Page Six. Chace and JC spending so much time together isn't because they're lovers, but because they're the new pussy posse!

"The Gossip Girl hunk was 'surrounded by women' at Tao Friday night, and they were 'dancing wildly and pawing on each other' and drinking Cristal and shots of Patron with former boybander JC Chasez."

Well played.

It's cute how Gatecrasher's Ben Widdicombe uses the term "BFFs" interchangeably between "best friends forever" and "boyfriends forever": "BFFs JC Chasez and Chace Crawford hung out all night with some very attractive male friends by the outside bar." [Gatecrasher, Queerty]

And now, it's time for another edition of "Gay…or Metrosexual," which is also occasionally (although not today!) referred to as "Gay…or European."

Today's nominee: Former N'Syncer, JC Chasez.

Reasons Why JC Chasez Might Be Gay:
1) He was in a boy band.
2) He never really seems to "get the girl."
3) Um, this picture.

Reasons Why JC Chasez Might Not Be Gay:
1) Justin Timberlake was also in a boy band, and he has tons of heterosexual sex.
2) Chasez didn't recently come out on the cover of People like some other N'Syncers (and everyone else) we know.
3) Maybe he's just really, really dapper?

Obligatory Disclaimer: For the record, our opinon of JC will remain the same, regardless of whether or not he's a homosexual.

In other words, whether it should turn out that Chasez regularly sleeps with men or that he just has really awesome taste in tight men's clothing, we'll always think of him as a mediocre musician* who used to bang Eva Longoria (or did he??) and who generally** sports the Brillo-head.

* At best.
**Albeit not in this picture!

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