Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Chris Angel has hit out at rumours that he is the new man in Britney Spears' life.

The illusionist revealed that he was just helping the pop star for her MTV Video Music Awards gig.

"It's amazing what people think. We're not together," the People quoted Angel, as saying.

"Her manager is my manager, and I'm helping with one of her shows. I'm helping with her appearance on MTV," he said.

Speculations of Angel and Britney's romance arose after the two were spotted hanging out on August 15 at Cravings Restaurant in West Hollywood.

The 'Mindfreak' star insisted that the dinner was just professional and they were not alone.

"Yes, I'm here working on some stuff, and we went to that restaurant with 10 people. We were talking about how she wants to do something more with the [awards] show, and about me helping out and hoping to work with her on doing something to make her MTV appearance more innovative," he said.

"It's amazing how you can't do anything now without people making up stuff," he added.

The pop star has been in talks with the show's bosses to perform at the September 9 show at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

However, neither MTV nor Spears's reps have confirmed whether she'll appear. (ANI)