Katy Perry said recent media reports, casting her as Rihanna's shoulder to cry on since the fallout from the Barbadian beauty's Feb. 8 altercation involving Chris Brown, have been severely exaggerated.

"I don't think I really, like, reached out to her," Perry told MTV News Thursday. "I pride myself on having cool chicks in my life, and she's a cool chick. We've hung out a couple times. Of course I consider her a friend, but it's not like 'I'm there,' making a big deal of it, because I feel weird about that type of stuff."

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