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Trying to quell the recent rash of hot, strange dating rumors surrounding him, Lance Armstrong is now denying that he and Ashley Olsen are an item.

"Ashley Olsen and I are strictly friends," he told the New York Post. "We have hung out amongst other friends, and she strikes me as a nice, smart lady."

The actions of Lance and Ashley paint a different picture, however.

As we reported last week, the odd pair â€" 36 and 21, respectively â€" both booked rooms at the luxe NYC hotel SoHo House and dined a deux at NYC's Waverly Hill after taking in the Broadway play Young Frankenstein October 29.

Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong's ex, Sheryl Crow is trying to debunk Life & Style's claim that she was disgusted by the May-December romance.

The tabloid said that when asked about the Ashley Olsen-Lance Armstrong fling, "Sheryl rolled her eyes and said, 'That's pathetic. Ashley's a kid.'"

But Sheryl Crow, 45, blogged: "Lance and I are friends. I have a lot of respect for him and what he does in the world of cancer. What he does in his personal life ... it is none of my business. Nor would I ever comment on it."

Does this mean Ashley Olsen and Lance really aren't hittin' it? Sad. Here's hoping Mary-Kate Olsen and Stavros Niarchos are still hot and heavy.

Radar Magazine says that one of Lance Armstrong's six-year-old twin daughters recently brought Ashley Olsen to "show and tell." Yes, the little girl showed off daddy's strange new girlfriend at her Texas elementary school.

A source said that apparently, "celebrities do this all time."

In fact, when Lance Armstrong was dating fashion designer Tory Burch, her son brought him to show and tell at his Upper East Side Manhattan school.

Ashley Olsen: Show and tell material?

In related news, an intern at The Hollywood Gossip recently found a mangy meth addict strung out and huddled on the street, experiencing "the shakes." So he brought her to our annual "show and tell" day at work. Turns out it was Britney Spears!

Just kidding. But totally believable, no?

Regardless, it looks like Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen are really hitting it. At least we're more sure of that rumors of Mary-Kate Olsen dating Sean Avery and/or Stavros Niarchos. Not sure what the hell is going on with Mary-Kate.

After riding to victory over cancer and to seven consecutive Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong has now moved on to Ashley Olsen.

The new couple was spotted at New York hotspot Rose Bar on October 29 by an eyewitness who tells Us Weekly, "they were being very flirtatious."

The next night, the odd duo took in play Young Frankenstein. Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen then enjoyed dinner and wine at the Waverly Inn.

And while Lance Armstrong was preparing to run in last Sunday's New York City Marathon, the lovebirds shacked up at luxe hotel Soho House, where they both had booked rooms. Sounds like a full house... of love!

Sources tell Us Weekly, however, that 21-year-old Ashley Olsen shouldn't let herself get swept away by the whirlwind Big Apple romance.

"Lance is a candidate for a midlife crisis," says an unnamed source, who the magazine says is close to the divorced father of three.

Why, because he's in his mid-life? Or because he recently broke up with fashion designer Tory Burch and singer Sheryl Crow, to whom he was engaged?

"Next week, he'll be on to someone else," another insider says.

Maybe Mary-Kate Olsen? That would make for some interesting drama... not just between the twins, but between Lance Armstrong and Sean Avery.

Much like his Texas friend Owen Wilson and Jessica Simpson, Lance Armstrong is apparently getting close with a famous blonde that we never saw coming.

Yes, Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen were spotted again Wednesday.

The seven-time Tour de France champ and the waifish Full House actress have have met up at least twice in the past week while the former is in town for the New York Marathon, numerous news sources have reported.

Lance and Ashley first shared a special moment Monday night, getting close at the Rose Bar inside Manhattan's Gramercy Park Hotel. Their evening rendezvous was well documented in New York's newspapers on Wednesday.

Lance Armstrong & Ashley Olsen, take two... really?

An observer tells People: "Lance was hanging with her, definitely. [Ashley Olsen] was very flirtatious, and was sitting on his lap."

Another source confirmed that Ashley Olsen was with a group that included Lance Armstrong and was just "hanging out, having a good time."

Armstrong, 36, and Olsen, 21, reunited again in the wee hours Wednesday at the Waverly Inn. Armstrong was seen there earlier that evening with Owen Wilson.

The retired cyclist and fashion designer Tory Burch recently broke up after a year-long relationship. A rep for Armstrong had no comment on Olsen.

Former child star and waif Ashley Olsen reportedly has a new, older man.

While we would normally take celebrity gossip reported by the New York Post or the New York Daily News with a grain of salt, when they're both reporting a story... you've got to at least reduce the size of that grain of salt.

The 21-year-old anorexic twin and bad dresser showed up to the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel Monday night with ... Lance Armstrong! A Post spy said:

"They came together with a group of friends. Ashley Olsen drank red wine, sat on his lap and was making out with him all night. They left together around 2 a.m."

Ashley Olsen and Lance Armstrong: Hitting it off? 

Said a separate New York Daily News spy: "Ashley and Lance settled in and within minutes, he was whispering in her ear and she was giggling like a schoolgirl. They totally looked like they were on a date."

Sources say Lance Armstrong has been spending more time in New York City since he bought a home there recently. Another source said, "He tried to make [ex] Tory [Burch] happy when they were dating by buying a place here, but she couldn't deal with him not actually living in the same city, so they broke up."

Maybe the lesser-known of The Olsen Twins just wanted some tips on how to wear spandex well. Who knows. Also on hand? A sober Owen Wilson. Who knew!

Move over, Oprah, you're not the only non-gay celebrity anymore.

In the November issue of Details magazine, Lance Armstrong sets the record straight (pun ... intended!) about his relationship with Matthew McConaughey.

While they do, in fact, have adorable manly nicknames for one another - "LiveStrong" and "J.K. Livin" - the two are merely good buddies. Not that the pair didn't think about more, Lance joked:

"We tried it. Wasn't for us."

The two Austin natives have been friends for years, but really started to bond, says Armstrong, when their respective relationships with Sheryl Crow and Penelope Cruz dissolved.

Now single, each deals with tabloid attention differently.

"He's all tin cans and yam," says Lance of the famously granola McConaughy. "I get s**t on my Blackberry ... My cell phone. Most of it is bulls**t."

Perhaps Armstrong should hire Rumer Wills as a personal assistant to deal with such nonsense.

Just a thought.

Elsewhere, Armstrong expresses shock that President Bush wouldn't fork over $1 billion for his charity - given that bird flu, he says, received $7 billion. And he sets the record straight about Jake Gyllenhaal portraying his life story: He's not.

Hey, he's beat cancer. The Donald is nothing!

We're not sure if Lance Armstrong has actually met the man whose name graces every other building in New York, but it is now clear that he's met his daughter. Possibly naked!

Indeed, the cycling champ and Ivanka Trump went on "several dates," sources told People magazine, but the relationship never got out of first gear. Neither did that pun.

Trump, 24, is vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization. She and Armstrong, 35, met at a charity event in Los Angeles a few months ago when she was in town filming dad Donald's NBC reality show The Apprentice.

Armstrong's rep says there was no romance, but we're not judging. As long as the Paris Hilton rumors were false, too.

Trump herself told People on Monday, "I have tremendous respect for Lance and all he has accomplished. That said, we are just friends."

Phew. Matthew McConaughy can relax now. You've still got a chance with Lance, buddy.

Now that Matthew McConaughey appears to have moved on, it's time for Lance Armstrong to do the same.

And has he ever found the right person to do it with!

No, no, we're just spreading rumors. That's our job. In reality, Eva Longoria is seen her dancing with Lance in honor of a charity event they both attended in California.

The Padres Contra El Cancer annual gala was actually held on the set of Desperate Housewives.

Oh yes. Every female reader's favorite topless duo is at it again. Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey have been hanging out, getting drunk and making women drool for weeks now.

So, just to prove that The Gossip is all about the gentlemen (pssst, guys, check out the Pussycat Dolls right now!), here's another image of People's sexiest man alive ... and that Armstrong guy:

New best buds, Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey, give the ladies a treat. But you tell us: which has the better body?