Mark Ronson has hit out at rumours Joss Stone once made sexual advances towards him and apologised to the singer for the false claims.

The acclaimed DJ was said to have turned down a sexual proposition from the soul star because he is "picky", according to reports circulating in British tabloids last week (beg14Jul08).

But, in a new post on his official MySpace blog, Ronson declares he has never actually met Stone.

He writes: "I hate commenting on this bulls**t but there's some story going around saying that I refused the sexual advances of Joss Stone and also said she was some 'boring, bland soul chick' or something.

"Let me set the record straight. I was definitely not referring to Joss Stone in that quote and I've never actually met her.

"I'm sure she's a nice person and she has a lovely voice so I wanted to address this rubbish story and apologise to Ms Stone, who kind of gets enough s**t in the press as it is without being drawn into my tabloid drivel."

Source: Contact Music