MC Harvey has backtracked on his claims that he dated Cheryl Cole, instead saying they had a "communication" relationship.

The rapper gave an interview in which he alleged to have had a romance with the Girls Aloud singer, but she denied this, saying they had never met.

Now, Harvey says they did not have a physical relationship but connected over emails and text messages. "I will 100% say that we had a communication relationship, but have I been out with her? No I haven't," he told radio host Max on Choice FM.

"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."

While Harvey gave an interview to Now magazine, he says he was "horrified" when he saw the cover and hoped the situation would die down. 

"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?"

It was reported yesterday that Harvey had released the emails between him and Cheryl to the publication, although it is not known if these will be released to the public.

What do you make of Harvey's fresh claims?

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