Back earlier this year, Chelsea Staub and Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers denied dating after the above picture snapped the two shopping on the 3rd Street Promenade need LALATE NEWS offices.

Since then rumors of Staub and Jonas dating have settled down until this weekend when Vanessa Hudgens, who ironically performs on the 3rd Street Promenade in just weeks, started talking.

In a new interview this weekend for CosmoGirl, when Hudgens is asked about Chelsea Staub, she reportedly says “Isn’t she dating Joe [Jonas]?”

From there, the CosmoGirl interviewer reports that Vanessa Hudgens then “catch[es] herself, as if realizing she’d broken some celeb code of secrecy.”

Hudgens quickly covers her tracks and says “I mean, she’s been seen with him,” reportedly with a big grin to the reporter.

Last month, Rolling Stone tried to make Selena Gomez off as being Nick Jonas’ girlfriend despite both stars telling other magazines they aren’t dating. Now is it CosmoGirl trying to suggest Joe Jonas is dating Chelsea Staub, even though they aren’t dating.

… or are they, Vanessa?