Debbie Gibson had Only in My Dreams. Tiffany had a hit cover of I Think Were Alone Now. Gibson donned her signature black hat, while Tiffany sported her trademark bright red locks.

Both teen pop stars rose to fame in the 80s, when big hair, ripped jeans and neon reigned supreme. During the height of their popularity, they had competing singles on the charts.

So naturally, these two starlets were rivals, right? Not so fast. Contrary to popular belief, Gibson said, there has never been any beef between them.

Who had time to not get along? We were both doing our own things. We were focused. We were on the road, Gibson told HuffPost at Build Series . And if we did cross paths, which was usually at a Top of the Pops or somewhere in Europe or whatever, we always kind of bonded over the fact that we were two of really a handful of girls there were a few of us that were super-young doing it at the time, but we kind of would look at each other and go, How are you doing? How are you holding up? You good? Im good. So I think we had a bond.

The two were too busy to worry about any rivalry, she said.

We didnt have time to be best friends, Gibson said. There was just no time, but we always had a connection. And we certainly werent rivals. I was always super-supportive of her career.