Stunning model Cara Delevingne has rubbished rumours she ever dated One Direction hunk Harry Styles, insisting they are just "good friends".

The pair were romantically linked when they were spotted leaving clubs and on late night drives together on a number of occasions.

However, Delevingne has quashed speculation they were ever in a relationship, telling Grazia: “I know Harry [Styles], he’s a good friend of mine, you know, it was... the whole thing is that everyone’s been linked to him. Alexa [Chung], Pixie [Geldof], we’ve all been around him and then, 'Aah, they’re going out.'"

Delevingne, 20, found herself facing the wrath of One Direction fans after she was linked to heartthrob Styles.

She added: "One week I had 40,000 followers and then I had 70,000 on Twitter and suddenly it’s like Mrs Harry Styles, die, b*tch, die. And it’s funny because I’ve always been quite good at taking criticism because I criticise myself a lot, generally. Some of them can be quite funny and creative about it. But the 'die in a hole' ones? Like, whose nine-year-old daughter are you? That’s f*cked up."