CIARA - CIARA DENIES 50 CENT ROMANCE REPORTS

R+B star CIARA has again dismissed reports she's secretly dating 50 CENT, insisting the rapper is just a "really great friend". The Goodies singer set temperatures soaring this summer (07) when she and 50 Cent stripped off for the video to accompany their duet Can't Leave 'Em Alone - prompting speculation they were dating. But although Ciara admits the hip-hop superstar has "a very, very nice body", she is amazed to read about their supposed relationship. She says, "He's a really great friend. For some reason, with this friend, everybody turns everything into something else. "They said we have a ranch in Atlanta. I just died laughing. It's amazing to hear the things people make up. It's funny."