Aniston and I are just friends, says Josh Hopkins

Washington, (ANI): Josh Hopkins has insisted that he and Jennifer Aniston are just friends. The Cougar Town star has said that his recent dinner with Jennifer Aniston was just a friendly meal.

"No, no, we're just friends – just friends having dinner," People quoted Hopkins as saying at Nautica Malibu Triathlon. "There's a lot of friends I'd less rather go to dinner with," he added.

Still, Hopkins, 40, insisted on picking up the tab. "Well I'm a southern gentleman. So I had to do that," he said.