Khloe Kardashian
Khloe Kardashian sits courtside before the Los Angeles Lakers play the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball playoff in Los Angeles, California May 2, 2011. REUTERS/LUCY NICHOLSON

Lionel Richie denies being Khloe Kardashian's dad, as claimed by reports earlier. The "Dancing on the Ceiling" singer directly said that he is not Khloe's father but he treats her like his real daughter.

TMZ was able to grab hold of Lionel Ritchie to ask for a clarification on the rumours of him being Khloe's real dad. Lionel answered, "No, of course not. They are my kids, they grew up in my house, but no I'm not the dad."

Earlier on, a source of In Touch claims that Khloe's mom Kris Jenner and Lionel Richier had an affair during the 1980's, and that Khloe is the possible love child of this sexual affair. The claims were that the affair took place while Kris and Robert Kardashian were still married.

"They had a sexual affair -- he bragged about it," the source, who shares he is a good friend of Lionel, shared, "He said he was on the outs with his wife at the time."

The source asserted that at the time, everyone was sleeping around with everyone else back then, and Kris was one of the hottest people then. The insider was also the one who pointed out the similarities in the looks of Lionel's biological daughter, Sofia and Khloe Kardashian.

The claims were even corroborated by Jacky Jasper, who is the founder of the blog "Diary of A Hollywood Street King." Jacky told In Touch that Kris indeed had an affair with Lionel and he believes that Lionel could be indeed Khloe's real father. Kris's friend, Daniel DiCriscio shared too that Kris was a big flirt during those times and could do a lot of crazy things.

Eventually Kris and Robert got divorced because Kris was allegedly caught with her lover. But the issue is not if Kris did cheat; instead, the issue is if she cheated Robert with Lionel and Khloe is the result of the affair.

Lionel is adamant that he is not. Kris, too, judging from her past interviews on whether OJ Simpson is the real father. She said back then that she is the mother, the one who gave birth, so she would know who Khloe's father is -- Robert Kardashian. Unfortunately, Khloe was blonde and all these issues emerged.