Matt Kemp Says Rihanna is 'Just a Friend'

A month after photos of baseball cutie Matt Kemp getting close to pop star Rihanna in Mexico spread across the Web, the L.A. Dodger is saying that RiRi's is "just a friend, a good friend of mine," People.com reported. For now, the 25-year-old star center fielder's main priority is baseball. "I can't get distracted by that," Kemp said in an interview featured on the Dodgers' Web site. "When it's time to play baseball that's my job. No distractions." "We went down to Mexico and had fun together," he says of their trip to Cabo San Lucas. Read More:

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