“I’m breathing, check my pulse. I’m good.” Miley Cyrus says of the persistent Internet death rumors that plague her on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show airing Thursday, November 20. “It’s dumb. Everyone was freaking out but I’m alive.”

Miley also opens up about Justin Gaston, the 20-year-old underwear model she’s been spotted with?

“He’s a singer, he’s really cute, and he’s nice and he’s a Christian and I really like that.”