Nicole Scherzinger’s rep has spoken out against rumors that she hooked up with R&B bad boy Chris Brown. The gossip mill began buzzing after photos of the pair looking really cozy surfaced online. According to a source, the two were being very flirtatious. “They were dancing close for a while and being all touchy-feely and finally Chris leaned into her,” said a source that was inside of the Los Angeles nightclub where the alleged kiss happened. “She put her head on his shoulder and they started kissing! I couldn’t believe Chris was being so obvious about it!”
Scherzinger’s rep denied the two were kissing and says they were merely trying to hear each other in the middle of the loud nightclub. “There is absolutely no truth to the ridiculous story … The photos that have surfaced are old friends who were trying to talk at a very loud club,” said the rep. “”I guarantee there will be no photos of them kissing.”
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