So True? So False? Is Toni Braxton Really Dating a Much Younger Guy?!

Singer shoots down rumor she's romancing 29-year-old BET host while out and about in Hollywood

By Cristina Gibson Oct 17, 2011 5:30 PMTags
Toni Braxton, Terence JJoe Kohen/Getty Images; Dave Kotinsky/FilmMagic

Is Toni Braxton the latest resident in Cougartown?

The 43-year-old singer has been linked to BET host Terrence J, who just happens to be 29 years old.

Toni herself set the record straight when cameras caught up to her last night in Hollywood, dishing that this dating rumor is...

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So false!

"I don't know him!" she revealed as she left dinner at Katsuya Hollywood. "I met him one time. I'm not dating him. He's a sweetheart, but that's not true."

Terrence actually interviewed Toni, along with her sisters, when they were promoting their reality show on 106 & Park.

She also took to her Twitter recently to deny they're dating.

"I am NOT dating Terrence J from the show," she tweeted this weekend. "I think he's eye candy for the YOUNGER girls. However I'm a little older, parts of me are young."

"But he's a bit too young for me," she continued. "Great guy! We've talked whenever I've done BET events but that's all."

—Additional reporting by Chris Hall

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