Rihanna is usually mum about her relationship with Chris Brown, but during a recent radio interview the songstress coyly hinted at her connection with the “Take You Down” singer.

When asked directly how her relationship with Brown, 19, is going during a recent visit to New York’s Power 105.1’s The Ed Lover Show, Rihanna, 20, replied: “We are great actually. We have been friends for three years now.”

Not satisfied with the friendship remark, Lover further pressed Rihanna who is touring with Kanye West, on the topic. “Friends? But there are pictures of you kissy kiss,” he said, which prompted Rihanna to respond: “We are very good friends.”

Lover then asked the Barbados-born chanteuse about photos of the two songbirds canoodling in a pool in Jamaica earlier this year. Trying to deflect the questions, Rihanna was at a loss for words when she started “fiddling with the cord and blushing,” said Lover’s producer, Lady O, who described the singer’s behavior while on air.

The pair, who recently spent time together in New York City, have made headlines with their intimate European and Caribbean outings. But Rihanna understands privacy is hard to come by.

“People always want to know what it is and what it isn’t. People think they know. They try to guess,” Rihanna said. “Sometimes you just need your privacy. But it comes with the territory. There’s no privacy when you are out in the public.”

If there is one thing that I really, really want to ask from R&B star Rihanna right now is that funky pair of shoes! Isn’t that just a darling eye candy to look at? It’s like a mixture of gladiator shoes, stilettos and boots that looked they were just ripped off of so many parts! Anyway, here’s the beautiful Rihanna (and her new haircut!) at BET’s ‘106 & Park’ at the BET Studios in New York City last June 18. Isn’t Rihanna looking mighty fine these days? Think Chris Brown has something to do with her happy aura?

Country star Sara Evans married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker Saturday evening in an outdoor ceremony at a Franklin, Tenn., farm near Evans’s home, PEOPLE reports exclusively.

Evans’s son Avery, 8, walked his mother down the aisle, and the couple’s seven children (Evans has three and Barker has four from their previous marriages) were their only attendants.

The short ceremony featured Nashville songwriter Marcus Hummon, a close friend of Evans’s, singing “God Bless the Broken Road,” the Rascal Flatts hit he wrote – a song that the couple says has deep meaning for their relationship. Christian minister Joe Beam, who was responsible for introducing the couple last fall, performed the ceremony.

Evans, 37, wore an ivory silk taffeta Vera Wang gown with a halter neck and Barker, 35, wore a Dolce and Gabbana suit. The black-and-white affair (guests were requested to wear black) was accented with hints of yellow roses, and the sophisticated décor was given a down-home twist with a menu catered by Constant Craving featuring Southern fried chicken, country-style pole beans, biscuits and macaroni and cheese.

“It was really very elegant, but Sara wanted it to feel like you were at her house,” says friend and wedding planner Traci Phillips of The Perfect Party.

The bride and groom had their first dance to Chris Brown’s “With You” and the 130-some guests boogied beneath a canopy of strung lights to a collection of R&B and pop hits spun by a deejay.

Evans met Barker, the host of a morning sports radio show in Birmingham, Ala., through Beam when each had turned to the minister for support after their respective divorces last year.

“He was our own personal matchmaker,” laughs Evans, who says that Beam made both of them promise – before they even met one another – that they would let him officiate at their wedding. “I think God told Joe to get us together.”

They were engaged in March. “It was hard for me to believe he was real and that he loves me the way he loves me,” Evans tells PEOPLE. “I thank God many times a day for bringing me Jay.”

The BET Awards keeps getting more talent under its umbrella.

Rihanna will take the stage June 24, the show announced Thursday. Also added: Ne-Yo, Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard and Gabrielle Union.

The lineup had already included Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nelly and Usher.

Hudson, Howard and Union will help present awards recognizing the year’s best musicians, music videos, actors and athletes.

Jill Scott will perform a tribute to BET’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner Al Green, and Quincy Jones will receive the network’s Humanitarian Award.

D.L. Hughley is set to host the show, which is to be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium.

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Rihanna and Chris Brown were spotted living it up and enjoying each other’s company — while in the pool! The singers were rumored to be dating and it looks like they are, but will it last?

I’m skeptical of this pair since each Rihanna and Chris have positioned themselves very well in the music industry. I think this will last a while and then they will bump into other “opportunities.” We all know Rihanna likes playing with balls!