Shilpa Shetty denies romance rumours with Imran Khan

Shilpa Shetty insists that the new man in her life is not former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan.

Rumours of a romance between the two sparked off after they were reportedly matched up at Elizabeth Hurley's wedding to Arun Nayar .

However, Shilpa has laughed off the rumours and insisted that she only met the handsome cricketer-turned-politician for a minute over there.

"These rumours are so baseless. I met Imran for exactly a minute, I think," a website quoted her, as saying. "I went to the party as it was thrown by a very dear friend of mine," she added.

Imran was married to British heiress Jemima Goldsmith from 1995 to 2004. Khan, who is a good friend of Elizabeth Hurley, has previously been linked with Susannah Constantine, an English fashion guru, and style advisor.