Dancing With The Stars Makism Chermkovskiy and Meryl Davis: Are they or Aren't They Dating?

Talk about passion on the dance floor.

Fans of the reality competition Dancing with the Stars couldn't help but notice that partners Meryl Davis and Makism Chermkovskiy had a little more chemistry than normal couples on the dance floor. Their passionate dances helped them to secure the winning spot on the eighteenth season of the hit ABC show. Tabloids used the opportunity to spread rumors that a fiery romance was heating up between the two of them. RadarOnline, however, is debunking all dating rumors, and saying the pair is in fact not a couple.

"Makism and Meryl are not a couple. Every time a season of Dancing with the Stars ends, these rumors begin, but in this situation, it's not true! They are strictly friends and that's it."

"It's a very passionate situation when you spend three months together... and you get very attached."

Both entertainers come from a performance background, Maks, with dancing, and Meryl, with ice-skating, so they know how to serve some romance into their routines. But the couple maintains the story that they leave all the romance on the dance floor.

The source also debunks any potential rumors saying that the two are going to be spending a lot of time together in the near future, but that it will strictly be for press purposes only.

"They are doing a lot of press right now. They are going back to Los Angeles Friday morning and will be traveling together, but that is typical procedure for partners to travel together during press tours."

The insider also tells the celebrity gossip site that Maks is just innately a touchy feely kind of guy.

"Maks is on such a high from coming off of 'DWTS' that right now, he would be hugging you if he knew you. He is a mama's boy. He's very touchy feely. He is very loving, very affectionate."

The source also speculates that Meryl is off the market but not by Maks.

"Rumor has it that Meryl has a boyfriend."