Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger has laughed off reports she is dating hip-hop star will.i.am.

The singer sparked rumours she had split with British racing driver Lewis Hamilton after she was spotted kissing the Black Eyed Peas star at a Los Angeles club.

But Scherzinger has denied the reports, insisting the singer is like family.

She tells MTV, "That is the funniest thing because Will is like my Brother and I don't know when the last time I had seen him was. He has been on tour."