{"id":2514,"date":"2025-06-09T09:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:40:37","slug":"over-the-past-few-weeks-whispers-have-turned-into-full-on-speculation-as-fans-spot-rising-star-megan-moroney-and-country-heartthrob-riley-green-in-a-string-of-cozy-backstage-photos-late-night-jam-se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2514","title":{"rendered":"Over the past few weeks, whispers have turned into full-on speculation as fans spot rising star Megan Moroney and country heartthrob Riley Green in a string of cozy backstage photos, late-night jam sessions, and flirty online exchanges. Are they just two artists enjoying the spotlight\u2014or is there something more blooming behind the scenes?When asked point-blank during a red carpet interview if she and Riley were a couple, Megan didn\u2019t confirm\u2026 but she didn\u2019t deny either. Instead, she gave a knowing smile, a soft laugh, and said just enough to send the internet into a frenzy&#8230; WATCH BELOW \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playing it coy.<\/p>\n<p>The other day,\u00a0<strong>Megan Moroney<\/strong>\u00a0sent fans online into a frenzy after she left a comment on a TikTok video where a girl is listening to an\u00a0<strong>unreleased song Megan teased<\/strong>\u00a0the other day, while wearing a shirt with Riley on a boat shirtless:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<blockquote id=\"v7770053579991798\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@faithrusch\/video\/7511563749795384606\" data-video-id=\"7511563749795384606\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7511563749795384606?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com%2Fminhnguyenlt%2Fover-the-past-few-weeks-whispers-have-turned-into-full-on-speculation-as-fans-spot-rising-star-megan-moroney-and-country-heartthrob-riley-green-in-a-string-of-cozy-backstage-photos-late-night-jam-se%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawKzi05leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFhaWxxYjlEcFFSQThRQzAyAR6vxkzQaxVHTVZj2IZ9tIdrqZazMGreXiyRnSdUG8xL5GCsRWXOdEpMJYkvQw_aem_BZ_39EpxdsfSpBKLUeQLvw\" name=\"__tt_embed__v7770053579991798\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Megan left a comment saying:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cNeed the shirt.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"v20303501469575456\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@faithrusch\/video\/7511772375885597998\" data-video-id=\"7511772375885597998\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7511772375885597998?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com%2Fminhnguyenlt%2Fover-the-past-few-weeks-whispers-have-turned-into-full-on-speculation-as-fans-spot-rising-star-megan-moroney-and-country-heartthrob-riley-green-in-a-string-of-cozy-backstage-photos-late-night-jam-se%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawKzi05leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFhaWxxYjlEcFFSQThRQzAyAR6vxkzQaxVHTVZj2IZ9tIdrqZazMGreXiyRnSdUG8xL5GCsRWXOdEpMJYkvQw_aem_BZ_39EpxdsfSpBKLUeQLvw\" name=\"__tt_embed__v20303501469575456\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Megan and\u00a0<strong>Riley Green<\/strong>\u00a0have been at the center of dating rumors for the last several months, and fans have also accused Riley and duet partner\u00a0<strong>Ella\u00a0Langley<\/strong>\u00a0of being a couple after their hit duet \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d came out\u2026 so it\u2019s just been all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>The rumors about Megan and Riley started after both of them left some vacation breadcrumbs where they were seemingly together. Moroney confirmed they happened to be on vacation in the same place, but also\u00a0<strong>shut down the thought<\/strong>\u00a0that they were seeing each other in a romantic capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cHe was individually on his vacation with his friends. St. Barts is a popular place! It\u2019s one of those things where if you know someone on a small island, you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, sh*t, you\u2019re here too.\u2019 So it was fun.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Just because we\u2019re hanging out doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re romantically dating. You know what I mean?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They have had the rumor mill GOING since then, and have been\u00a0<strong>spotted in his hometown<\/strong>\u00a0of Jacksonville, Alabama, and at different airports together here and there, though publicly, the two have consistently denied that they\u2019re an official couple.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, during a radio interview on\u00a0<em>Country Nights Live with Bev Rainey<\/em>\u00a0yesterday, Riley was asked about some of the biggest rumors he\u2019s seen about himself on social media. He of course mentioned all the rumors about his dating life, and also laughed about how the status of his signature mustache is a hot topic, too:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI find out who I\u2019m dating weekly, you know, on social media. That\u2019s a pretty big on there. But I think a lot of stuff I see is so outlandish that it keeps me humble a little bit, then don\u2019t have to worry about. I\u2019m like, okay, don\u2019t say anything on there. It\u2019s interesting. how things like shaving your mustache can become viral now, I never thought that would be a thing.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rainey straight up asked Riley if he was dating anyone since he mentioned it in the previous response, and it\u2019s the question everyone wants an answer to\u2026 Riley once again confirmed that he\u2019s\u00a0<strong>\u201cnot\u201d dating anyone<\/strong>\u00a0right now, though he\u2019s \u201crumored to have dated a lot of people.\u201d He explained, like he has before, that with Ella in particular, fans want to believe that the songs are so real to the artists true lives, similar to country power couples like Tim and Faith and Johnny and June, which he understands.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t mention or allude to the Megan rumors, but he did straight up say he\u2019s single\u2026 so there you have it, ladies:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI\u2019m not, no. I\u2019m rumored to have dated a lot of people\u2026 but I kind of understand that. You know, people always long for that like Tim and Faith, Johnny and June, you know, George and Tammy thing.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>So you know, you know me and Ella have two giant songs together and I think fans kinda wanna believe that what you\u2019re singing about is real, and follow those lyrics and think there\u2019s a story there. So I can comprehend people that are thinking there\u2019s something going on. But for me, I\u2019m just glad that we\u2019re having success together, and so proud of her, and really lucky that we\u2019re on tour together with two big songs at the same time.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DKizZFUMBJW\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com&amp;rp=%2Fminhnguyenlt%2Fover-the-past-few-weeks-whispers-have-turned-into-full-on-speculation-as-fans-spot-rising-star-megan-moroney-and-country-heartthrob-riley-green-in-a-string-of-cozy-backstage-photos-late-#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2268.5%2C%22ls%22%3A1123.9000000003725%2C%22le%22%3A2249.2999999998137%7D\" height=\"1005\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But in\u00a0an interview with\u00a0<em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em>\u00a0at her new pop up bar The Emo Cowgirl, which is at the L27 Rooftop Lounge at The Westin Nashville, Megan was asked if she confirmed that she and Riley were a couple. She was very vague with her response, saying that she just \u201cwanted the T-shirt,\u201d and hopes to be \u201cgetting it soon\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI said I wanted the T-shirt. Hopefully I\u2019ll be getting it soon. Maybe that girl will send me hers.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mean, it\u2019s a cool shirt, but I think fans are looking for a straight yes or no response here.<\/p>\n<p>But they definitely gave very different answers, so either they want to keep the rumors going (because there really is no such thing as bad press when it comes to things like this\u2026 keep that in mind), or they might wanna have that really fun \u201cwhat are we\u201d conversation sometime soon\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Megan will continue to perform songs for the speculating \u201ca**holes on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=admin&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1930334807445184518&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com%2Fminhnguyenlt%2Fover-the-past-few-weeks-whispers-have-turned-into-full-on-speculation-as-fans-spot-rising-star-megan-moroney-and-country-heartthrob-riley-green-in-a-string-of-cozy-backstage-photos-late-night-jam-se%2F&amp;sessionId=ef8e7512c983afeb5341b88a2b55ef00dbe02225&amp;siteScreenName=admin&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1930334807445184518\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing it coy. 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