Now MC Harvey says he only had a ?communication relationship? with Cheryl?

When MC Harvey initially made claims, during a magazine interview, that he?d had a ?secret relationship? with Cheryl Cole shortly after her split from Ashley, he made it sound as though the pair?s romance had been a physical, intimate one.

Now he?s massively backtracked by saying he simply had a ?communication relationship? with her.

During a radio interview this week MC Harvey was quizzed about his claims (which Cheryl is now reportedly taking legal action over) and he replied by saying:

'I will 100 per cent say that we had a communication relationship, but have I been out with her? No I haven't.'

He was then, quite reasonably, asked why he?d even brought up the ?relationship? in the first place and he responded:

'I did not say I would marry her. I've never been with her, I've never claimed to have a relationship with her, but the communication is not a lie.

'If I'd done that, I'd be lying to myself and lying to my family. If I'm saying was there communication with us, yes - for a good five months.'

The former So Solid Crew star says he never really intended to make such a fuss about the ?romance? but when Cheryl confronted him on Twitter he felt he had to:

'I was waiting for it to blow over, that's why I backed off?

'But when she publicly went and done that, she brought it to the forefront as a battle, and me personally, that's your fault because I didn't wanna go on a public social network and give people what they want and entertain it but naturally as a person, when you done that, you put me in a corner.

'I'm not gonna sit here and start publicly grilling Cheryl Cole, because I don't have that hate in me - she's a good girl.

'She's got a team around her, she's worth a lot of money. So why are they gonna want her to be associated with someone like me that's got my track record?'

Hang on a second, let?s get this straight. So according to Harvey, he and Cheryl never met up and only ever chatted via email? Has he even considered the possibility that some random girl (or boy) posing as Cheryl Cole had been emailing him the entire time?

Just imagine the humiliation if that turns out to be the case.

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