Adrian GrenierEntourage star Adrian Grenier has said he admires friend Paris Hilton’s ability to court publicity.

The pair were rumoured to be dating X but Adrian, who recently split up from Transformers star Isabel Lucas, denies that he ever was linked romantically to the infamous socialite.

He told the New York Post’s Page Six magazine recently: “I have a lot of respect for Paris. She’s ballsy. I have fun with her, but it’s always been platonic.

“She’s learned to play with the paparazzi attention and have fun with it, and she creates little mysteries in the tabloid arena. [Our relationship] wasn’t sexual though I understand that sex sells.”