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Marie Digby: James and I are friends

After being romantically linked to Isabel Oli, James Yap is now rumored to be dating Japanese-Irish singer- songwriter Marie Digby. But, the singer-songwriter dismissed the speculations, saying she and James are just friends.

"James and I are friends on Facebook. We were introduced to each other by a mutual friend. We're friends," Marie said in an interview in Showbiz News Ngayon (SNN) yesterday, June 6.

Marie has been staying in the country for a few months and has just signed a contract with Star Records. She was linked to Sam Milby but there has been no confirmation about their relationship.

"I'm friends with many people in the Philippines. It's easy to confuse who I'm friends with or if I'm more than friends with someone else," Marie said.

Speculations on James and Marie dating became a hot item especially when the two were reported to be in Cebu at the same time. Last May 29, Marie tweeted, "Relaxing with my family in beautiful Cebu! We lucked out with this gorgeous weather."

Does she and James contact each other?

"We communicate on Facebook. We also ran into each other a few times since I arrived in the Philippines," Marie answered.

She denied dating James as she only gets to see him on some occasions. "No, we've met up like we've run into each other because we have mutual friends but we don't like plan a date, like go out," Marie added.

James has remained mum on the dating issue. Kris Aquino also refused to comment on her estranged husband's rumored dates.

"Let him have his privacy. Kasi the very factor na we are hiwalay already, gives him some measure of privacy that he didn't have in our marriage," Kris said in a previous interview with SNN.

Marie said she has dated only a few men and now tries to be more open to other possibilities. "I'm trying to keep my eyes open. I feel like it's time to entertain different possibilities and to figure out what it is that I want," Marie said.

Since Marie and James are just starting to know each other, she doesn't know yet where their friendship will lead. "We are barely getting to know each other. So I guess it's still too early to say," Marie said.