Justin Bieber Gets Love With Ashley Moore: Introduces New Puppy

Pop star Justin Bieber was spotted getting very comfortable with model friend Ashley Moore while watching Friday’s basketball game between Los Angeles Clippers and the Washington Wizards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Biebs was apparently sitting on Ashley’s lap with a his arm wrapped around her and was caught on camera kissing her forehead.

Fans were quick to speculate if there is a budding romance between the two, wondering if there was already a new leading lady in the 21-year-old singer’s life. The duo has been seen together in public before, as far back as 2013, Yahoo! reported. Bieber even admired and posted a picture of the model’s Calvin Klein ad in July last year in his Instagram, and later posed in for the brand as well.

Despite the pair’s public display of affection, a representative for the Canadian singer tells E! that Bieber and Moore were “just friends.” An insider also said, "Nothing romantic has ever happened with them," adding that the two have always been fun, flirty and very supportive of each other, confirming the platonic nature of their relationship. They were also joined by their other friends at the game, who later posted Vines and tweets of them having a grand time at the Staples Center.

Bieber was linked to a lot of girls since his break up with Selena Gomez, who is now dating Zedd. One of his rumored flings was Hailey Baldwin, but the two insisted that they were not an item and that they were just friends.

Meanwhile, Bieber showed his softer side as he introduced his new puppy to his 23.9 million followers in Instagram on Sunday. He posted a photo of the little lady wrapped in his embrace and captioned, "Say hello to the newest member of the bieber family #Esther." Bieber’s “new girl” apparently was a Yorkshire Terrier, to which he gushed all over his social media. Fans grew supportive of the puppy love, as the image bagged over 860,000 likes in 10 hours, ET Online stated.