Austin Butler sets record straight on Emily Ratajkowski romance rumours

Austin Butler has recently broken silence on romance rumors with Emily Ratajkowski.

The Elvis actor and model spark speculations after they were spotted on a dinner date in New York City in September.

An observer spilled to Page Six at the time that Austin had his “arm around” Emily and “'kept nodding at what she said “.

Now, The Bikeriders actor finally clears air on status of his relationship with the model.

“The true answer is that I have a lot of friends, and we're friends and we had dinner, and that we're friends,” says the 34-year-old in a new interview with Vanity Fair for Hollywood Issue.

Austin confirms that he is single at present and even expresses his annoyance over media scrutiny.

Interestingly, the Caught Stealing actor mentions that his focus is on acting for now.

“I used to think that in order to be a great artist, I had to destroy the rest of my life,” he mentions.

Therefore, Austin points out, “So much of it is this fear that my own experience, my own emotions, my own soul isn’t enough.”

Elsewhere in the interview, the Dune: Part Two actor reveals he wanted to hide sometimes.

Elaborating on his reasons, Austin adds that he’s “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?”

Meanwhile, the Eddington previously dated Vanessa Hudgens and then Kaia Gerber before he was linked to Olivia DeJonge and Lily-Rose Depp.

On the other hand, Emily has since been seen with musician Shaboozey. The model was earlier married to movie producer Sebastian Bear-McClard with whom she shares a four-year-old son named Sylvester.