Matt Barnes, Rihanna Dating Confirmed: NBA Clipper's Athlete Denies Lie After Diss

Matt Barnes stands by his statements and confirms dating pop star Rihanna during an interview with Jim Rome.

After facing sever backlash by Rihanna and her Navy, the Los Angeles Clippers athlete said he stands by his comments, "You live and you learn. When you're in a situation like this and, you know, you just learn. You just got to keep stuff to yourself obviously," Barnes said. "But the way I'm putting it right now, I'm too grown to lie, you know what I mean. It is what it is, I'm going to let this blow by like everything else blows by."

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When asked what was his reaction after Rihanna blew his world up with a simple Instagram post and hilarious hashtags, he said, "I just smiled. I just smiled, that's it," Barnes said. "What can you do? At the end of the day we're all grown-ups. Like I said I'm too grown to be lying about stuff but life is life. You live and you learn."

The baller says he will not respond to Rihanna's comments and admitted that he needs to be careful before blurting out his business, "In life in general, there's no need. I'm grown," Barnes said. "My upbringing just doesn't allow me to have that kind of stuff in it. Life, sports whatever it is I'm just about the truth. I'm always going to be me, even if you know sometimes my mouth gets me in trouble. I'm always going to be me, because I speak on things I feel passionately about. So love me or hate me I'm going to be me regardless."

In an interview with ESPN's His & Hers, Glen stood up for his teammate, "I don't agree with Rihanna," Big Baby said. "Matt Barnes is an honest, stand-up guy. He really knows her. He's not lying about that. Why would you lie about that?"

This is messy!