Hilary Rhoda & Sean Avery: Photographed Together, But Are They Dating? (PHOTO)

We're not quite sure what Page Six is talking about...the gossip column reported on Thursday:

Closet couple Hilary Rhoda and Sean Avery turned up fashionably late together for the Institute for Civic Leadership spring benefit at DVF Studio Tuesday night. The model and the NY Rangers star arrived together but refused to pose as a couple.

But then we found this pretty easily on Getty Images:

Avery looks a mixture of frightened and pissed. And Rhoda looks beautiful, as usual. But there you have it--the two of them, together, in the same picture. However, as to whether they're dating...well, we don't have a clear-cut answer on that.

Comments

[jaslyn]

10:44 AM on 06/19/2010

hmm. A proffessional athlete and a model. how unusual.

[hockeyhockeyhockey]

01:13 PM on 06/18/2010

lol they've been dating for like a year. this is a terrible picture of him. he's actually quite attractive.

[NevaforLeadership]

08:35 AM on 06/18/2010

Hilary Rhoda is one of my favorite models.

Comment about the content of this piece:

When did it become acceptable for media writers and editors (albeit it, this is a news aggregating site versus a self-contained media site) to pass the word "pissed" for publication? Which came first? Rock-bottom standards of journalism and writing? Or lazy communicators across the public spectrum?

[A dean89]

08:31 AM on 06/18/2010

Hilary Rhoda looks a little bit like Megan Fox but much more taller and stylish.

[NevaforLeadership]

08:46 AM on 06/18/2010

Funny you should say that, because, as I said above, Hilary Rhoda is one of my favorite models; and I think Megan Fox is one of the true beauties among the celebrity pack.

[A dean89]

09:05 AM on 06/18/2010

Maybe because of those dark hair. Hilary Rhoda and Melissa Baker are probably a raven haired dynamic duo in SI Swimsuit. Both of them got mysterious and beautiful eyes that tantalized.

[olafTheAwesome]

05:25 AM on 06/18/2010

"However, as to whether they're dating...well, we don't have a clear-cut answer on that."

Geez HuffPost, why don't you simply speculate on that? You are supposed to be "journalists", right? Last time I checked, the main duties of latterday "journalists" consisted of presenting speculation based on inconclusive evidence as fact. Afterall, most readers have the attention span of a 5 year old due to information overload.

[bartonfink]

01:58 AM on 06/18/2010

Well, he got his model. Congrats, bro.

[AhnessofThings]

12:42 AM on 06/18/2010

His clothes are ugly

[tcnsrq]

11:09 PM on 06/17/2010

frodo.....perhaps you need his hockey stick

[john frodo]

07:45 PM on 06/17/2010

Alright ladies, I am a very non attractive man, in fact I think I look a little better than Sean Avery, so why is he such a hit with the top looking girls?

[Bexstarr]

08:28 PM on 06/17/2010

$$$$$

[robbor]

08:57 PM on 06/17/2010

Frodo, maybe if you looked more like gollum

[Evita Luisa]

01:51 AM on 06/18/2010

:))))), yes, very likely. Definitely.

[edwoodjr]

06:49 PM on 06/17/2010

Phew, now that I know I can get back to following the oil leak story.

[Bluejay00234]

06:38 PM on 06/17/2010

Boy did he ever get lucky.

[suemj]

06:27 PM on 06/17/2010

Sorry, at my young age, I must be getting old. Who are they? Never heard of either one of them!

[Menomonie]

07:34 PM on 06/17/2010

I have also never heard of them. Once again,,,who are they?

[muhair]

08:41 PM on 06/17/2010

Please save us from wasting time googling these attractive mystery people....

[JhNyc]

02:50 AM on 06/18/2010

I hadn't either, but the blurb says she's a model and he's with the NY Rangers.

[johnnygoodwud]

06:08 PM on 06/17/2010

are those hair plugs he has...........never understood them, regardless of who has them they look like rows or corn.

[sent2null]

02:20 AM on 06/18/2010

ha ha i just scrolled through the comments to see if any one else thought they noticed them...your comment confirms my intuition (and eyes!) ...indeed hair plugs near the very front ...he's getting on top of some MPB in the family I guess?

[MountPanic]

05:53 PM on 06/17/2010

Who?