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"Ellie Goulding&amp;#039;s spokesperson has played down reports that the singer is dating One Direction&amp;#039;s Niall Horan. The pair were spotted getting close at the Virgin Media V Festival during Sunday night&amp;#039;s Kings of Leon set, according to The Mirror.   A spokesperson for Goulding has since said that the chart-topping &amp;#039;Burn&amp;#039; singer is &amp;quot;just good friends&amp;quot; with Horan. Goulding reportedly split from actor boyfriend Jeremy Irvine sometime last month, following a relationship that spans back to late December 2012.  She and Irvine were previously spotted kissing at a Brits after-party in February and made their red carpet debut during the Cannes film festival. Horan is expected to join his One Direction bandmates at the London premiere of their Morgan Spurlock-directed concert movie This Is Us later on Tuesday (August 20). Watch Digital Spy talking to Olly Murs at V Festival below:  Celebrities at V Festival 2013 - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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