Chris Brown has denied he had a secret date with Rihanna on a yacht in the South of France.

The singer has chartered a yacht off the coast of St Tropez where he plans to make a music video with fellow rappers Swizz Beatz and Ludacris. The Sun reported Rihanna, who is also staying on a yacht in the area, had met up with her ex for a romantic tryst under cover of darkness earlier this week.

But a spokesperson for Chris told gossip website HollyScoop: "He is in France to shoot a music video for [the] Swizz Beatz album and Ludacris is in it. It's Swizz's song."

Chris is still dating model Karrueche Tran.

The spokesperson added: "Karrueche is there with him... They never broke up. He is not on Rihanna's yacht. There is no Rihanna connection."

Rihanna said in a recent interview she is "happy and single".