The pair were spotted meeting up in a New Orleans bar and allegedly getting hot and heavy. But Fiddy’s now said the rendezvous was strictly business.

“No, I'm not dating her," he told E! “Yeah I did send her flowers (after the VMAs) ... why not?”

“We actually was talking about a film project. She's working on a movie now with [director] McG [called 'This Means War']. And we spoke, you know, so, because I just did the Lionsgate deal, I've been sitting with different people talking about film projects.

"I think she's amazing.”

Curtis recently signed a big new film deal so his ‘excuse’ is at least plausible. Chelsea had previously denied that anything untoward was going on, telling her viewers:

“When I have something to say, I will say it on this show. There's nothing to talk about. Seriously.”