Rylan Clark slams 'ridiculous' relationship claims and confirms he's single

Rylan Clark has taken to Instagram to slam 'ridiculous' claims that he's in a relationship and has confirmed he is in fact single.

The former X Factor contestant released a statement on his official account on Friday as he wanted to clear up any rumours regarding a new romance.

The image of the black and white statement, written on behalf of Rylan's representatives, said: "In light of recent made up stories. We , nor Rylan wish to comment on his private life. However on this occasion we feel we need to.

"There is absolutely no truth to this story or the many others stories that have run about this apparent 'relationship' in the past few weeks (sic).

Rylan Clark took to Instagram on Friday evening to confirm that he is single (REX)

"Rylan is single and lives on his own. Any reports to the contrary are completely fabricated," the statement added.

Rylan captioned the post: "I tried to ignore it but this isn’t ok. For the past few weeks there’s been stories regarding my “relationship”. I’ve stayed out of it, ignored it, but this is ridiculous.

"I’m not in a relationship, haven’t been for over a year and have no intention to. I’m looking after myself for a change and it’s staying that way. Hopefully this clears any fabricated stories up the past few weeks and to whoever is ‘selling’ them…… Take care @carverpr_."

Rylan also shared the statement on Twitter and added: "P.S. stop using my name in articles that have nothing to do with me. It's embarrassing."

In recent weeks, it had been reported that Rylan had been dating former Ex On The Beach contestant Declan Doyle for around three months.

Declan, whose ex-boyfriend is Geordie Shore star Nathan Henry, had claimed he was dating Rylan just weeks ago.

Speaking to GB News, the reality star told presenter Mark Dolan: "We're just dating, it's been a few dates - we really get on."

Declan Doyle claimed a few weeks ago that he was dating Rylan (SplashNews.com)

Rylan has slammed reports that he is with anyone and has confirmed he is single and lives alone (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

He claimed the pair met "at an event a while ago", before joking he was the more famous one out of the two.

Although Rylan, nor the statement, names Declan, it's unsure who else they could be referring to.

On Thursday evening, Declan was pictured cosying up to TOWIE star Junaid Ahmed as they both attended the National Reality TV Awards.

The Mirror has contacted a representative for Dylan asking for comment.