After Page Six exclusively revealed that Russell Crowe has been sharing some intimate early morning rubdowns with burlesque goddess Dita Von Teese, the “Les Misérables” actor took to Twitter to insist they are “just friends.”
On Monday we reported that Crowe was spotted holed up with the pin-up gal at the Four Seasons Hotel in December – and they even got a romantic couple’s massage together at 6:30 a.m., says the source.
But, “Dita Von Teese is brave, smart, sweet and elegant,” he tweeted. “She is a friend of mine. Who wouldn’t want friends like that? Friends, not lovers.”
The message has since been deleted but for whatever reason he’s kept a post of Von Teese’s video collaboration with Monarchy.
As we previously reported, Crowe and Von Teese have been flirting with each other on Twitter for a while. Last year, Crowe retweeted her posting “Dressage. Was measured for bespoke blk patent boots w/my name stamped on the heel . . . But under whose bed did I leave my Hermes riding crop?”
Around the same time, he also retweeted her message: “Giving airport security a lesson in garter belts this morning.”
Crowe has also been linked to Billy Joel’s ex-wife Katie Lee. Sources told Page Six the pair were seated in front of a romantic fireplace in the Drawing Room of the Greenwich Hotel at 3 a.m. and were involved in an “intense flirtatious conversation.”
Crowe himself denied the story, telling his social media followers, “As soon as I finish this job & can get home, my priority is to try to bring my family back together. These latest reports are false & cruel.” This message, sources said, came just before his rendezvous with Von Teese.
The Oscar-winning actor reportedly separated from wife Danielle Spencer after 9 years in October. The couple have two sons, Charles, 9, and Tennyson, 6.
Musician Spencer, 43, also hinted at her troubled marriage in a Facebook post to her fans. She wrote, “I just wanted to thank you all for bearing with me and also for your messages of support, it means a lot to me.”