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Rihanna and his boyfriend Chris Brown

Pop princess Rihanna appears to be coming clean about her heavily speculated relationship with fellow pop star Chris Brown. In an interview with Elle magazine, Rihanna said “we’ve always been friends, but we’re very close now,” talking of her relationship with Brown.

The brief, but loaded, statement seems in contrast to pair’s insistence that they are not more than friends, even after months of public scrutiny complete with various paparazzi shot of the pair looking romantically linked.

When asked about rumors of an affair with rap mogul Jay-Z, Rihanna seemed to get annoyed.

“I get asked about it all the time and I’m like, ‘You’re asking, but you know the answer,’” she says in the interview. “I don’t even like to address it anymore,” she added.