Stephanie Rice: Kobe Bryant and I are not an item

The Aussie swimmer is apparently being dogged by rumors that she and Kobe are a couple (the L.A. Laker has been spotted in the stands at Olympic swimming events), so she took to Twitter to put the speculation to rest once and for all.

Here’s the rest of her tweet:

We weren’t aware that any coupling rumor existed, but we’ll take Stephanie at her word that it did, and that it’s bunk.