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Zooey Deschanel denies Russell Brand flirt rumours

Zooey Deschanel has denied tabloid gossip that she and Russell Brand have been embroiled in bouts of flirting.

Brand is a free man of course after splitting with pop superstar Katy Perry, and some sections of the media had suggested he was gunning for a bit of She & Him star and actress Zooey Deschanel - who also recently split from her partner, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard.

However, Deschanel told the Guardian that it is "complete fabrication" and that she has only ever met the comedian turned actor once. She said:

"That's complete fabrication! I don't even know him! I maybe met him once, in passing, four years ago. And he definitely doesn't have my phone number! That was a story made up by a single website. It's crazy how that got picked up - I mean how does that even happen?"

Brand's old flame Perry meanwhile recently denied suggestion that her new single 'Part of Me - which features a reference to a diamond ring - has anything to do with her ex-husband.

 

 

 

Watch Zooey Deschanel give a performance to her internet fans below: