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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Lady in red: Taylor Swift performs a track from her new Speak Now album at John F Kennedy airport at Jet Blue's Terminal Five on WednesdayShe spent last Saturday having a 'friendly' day out in New York with actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
But Taylor Swift is playing it coy when it comes to rumours that she is dating the Brokeback Mountain star.
The 20-year-old singer, who looked stunning in red as she performed at New York's JFK airport on Wednesday, was quizzed on the actor by Ellen DeGeneres on a new episode of her talk show.
Swift told DeGeneres she is 'always optimistic about love...always, sometimes,' in the episode, to be aired on Monday.
DeGeneres then joked: 'Especially if your boyfriend is Jake Gyllenhaal, because he is very handsome, y'all are just hanging out though right?'
The singer, who is on a promotional tour for her new Speak Now album, then acknowledged she did indeed spend the day with the 29-year-old actor.
She said: 'You have a picture of us on the [TV] screen, don't you?'
Country queen: Swift wore a pretty red spotted dress as she played songs from her new album
Swift was also coy about Dear John, an angry song on the new album, said to be about her rumoured fling with singer John Mayer.
She said the song 'could be' about John as that is 'kind of what it is'.
'OK, great,' DeGeneres replied. 'We know the answer now. It's about him [John Mayer]. You didn't dispute it so obviously.'
Dating rumours: Jake Gyllenhaal spent time with Swift in New York Swift and Gyllenhaal, who split from actress Reese Witherspoon last November, were spotted having lunch in Brooklyn last weekend.
They went on to attend a taping of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Swift's friend, actress Emma Stone.
'They looked happy,' a witness told People.com.
However, another source told the website that Swift is more focussed on her career at present.
'For her, it's all about the career right now,' they said. 'She's not really interested in getting heavily involved with anyone.'
source: dailymail
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