Fans have been wondering about EXO's Tao and miss A's Jia's relationship ever since he changed his Weibo profile picture.

After Tao updated his profile photo to one of the miss A member's cat on the social networking site, both JYP Entertainment and SM Entertainment have come forward to state that the idol stars are just friends. They explained, "Tao and Jia have always been close friends. The idol singers who come from China usually get along like best friends."

The agencies also stated that Tao is a fan of cats, so he changed his photo after Jia sent him a picture of her pet.

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