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Married TV presenter Grant Denyer has admitted he has 'embarrassed' his family after he was pictured with his hand on his dance partner's thigh in between rehearsals for the new season of Dancing with the Stars: All Stars.
The photos, which were published in New Idea this week alongside the headline 'Grant Denyer Caught Out', showed Denyer getting close to 22-year-old Lily Cornish outside a dance studio in Sydney.
The 44-year-old clarified on Thursday the pictures were innocent and in fact showed him consoling his friend after she had received some sad personal news.
He told 2Day FM's The Morning Crew with Hughesy, Ed & Erin the images were taken by a paparazzo just moments after he and Cornish had spoken to his wife Chezzi over FaceTime.
'It's such a horrible made up story that's embarrassing for everyone. We'd just been on the phone to Chezzi, we had been FaceTiming… It had been a bit of a tough day and Lil had a bit going on in her personal life,' he said.
Setting the record straight: Married TV presenter Grant Denyer has admitted he has 'embarrassed' his family after he was pictured with his hand on his dance partner's thigh in between rehearsals for the new season of Dancing with the Stars : All Stars
'It's not up to me to divulge what it is but I was just giving her a bit of a pep talk and fatherly advice,' he added.
'I just gave her a tap on the leg and she sort of leaned in for a bit of a hug after a chat and that's the photo on the [New Idea] front page.'
Cornish also addressed the New Idea story on Thursday, sharing a post to Instagram thanking her fans for being so understanding.
'Thanks everyone for the kind words and messages. I really appreciate the amount of love that has come out of this yucky / disrespectful situation. Killing it with
