Patti Newton has set the record straight after speculation swirled that she'd welcomed a "new man" into her life, insisting the rumours couldn't be further from the truth.

The 80-year-old triple threat jumped onto social media on Wednesday evening to correct the gossip, responding to paparazzi shots of herself alongside a male friend in Melbourne's leafy suburb of Camberwell.

The images, taken earlier this month , show Newton greeting the man with a hug as they strolled together- enough, it seems, for rumours to kick off online.

Resharing the photos with her own tongue-in-cheek commentary, Newton made it clear there was nothing romantic about the encounter, revealing the man was actually her long-time former sales assistant and stylist from David Jones.

"I have to laugh at these phot

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