Rihanna - Rihanna Ends Ashton Talk: We're Just Hanging Out

However, speaking to the UK's Itn, Rihanna hinted at the Ashton-talk when she was asked whether her high profile gets in the way of her love-life, saying, "It really is a pain. A lot of the time you want to hang out or have friendships with people. If they're famous and I'm single it's an automatic 'they're on, they're dating.I hate that. I don't even want to date. I'm single. I just want to have friends.That's a hard pill for people to swallow I guess". The singer has been linked to a string of men since her well-publicized split from Chris Brown, but the R&B star has always maintained she wants to remain single. Her comments come just 24hrs after she told a UK reporter he had asked her a "disappointing" question when she was quizzed on whether Ashton would be visiting her in the UK.

The story reached fever pitch when a source close to Demi Moore told Closer magazine that the actress was "sick to the stomach" after seeing images of Rihanna leaving her ex-husband's home.