Austin Butler addressed those Emily Ratajkowski romance rumors after the two were photographed on a dinner date in New York City.

“The true answer is that I have a lot of friends, and we’re friends and we had dinner, and that we’re friends,” the actor, 34, told Vanity Fair on Tuesday, insisting that he is currently single.

Butler admitted that the public’s interest in his personal life once felt so stifling that he “just wanted to hide.” However, his perspective has changed.

“I’m going to live a constricted, small life because I’m afraid of what other people are going to say or what they’re going to think?” he asked rhetorically.

In early September, Butler and Ratajkowski, also 34, were snapped looking cozy while grabbing food and drinks at the Waverly Inn in the West Village.

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