Former 'N Sync star J.C. Chasez has dismissed "stupid" reports he's dating actor Chace Crawford - because neither man is gay. Chasez is fed up with tabloid magazines romantically linking him to any girl he stands next to, but the 31-year-old admits he was surprised by speculation he's romancing Gossip Girl star Crawford, 22.

Chasez says, "For the record, we're both straight. We're not dating. The only time people usually see us together is in some type of photograph, so they just assume that it's like that."

He continues, "If I'm dating a girl and I'm standing next to another girl, I'm having an affair. So now, since there hasn't been any of that smoke out there, if I'm hanging out with a guy, they're going to make up a rumor. It's just stupid."

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