[Exclusive Statement] Nicole Murphy Explains the Photos of Her and Director Antoine Fuqua Kissing in Italy, Says They’re Just ‘Family Friends’

By now you’ve seen the photos of what appears to be Nicole Murphy kissing up on director Antoine Fuqua — who’s been married to actress Lela Rochon for 20 years.

Because of the serious nature of the photos, our very own B. Scott reached out to Nicole Murphy directly to find out what’s really going on.

In an exclusive statement to B. Scott and  www.lovebscott.com, Nicole says:

“Antoine and I are just family friends. I ran into him in Italy and we exchanged a friendly hello and that was it.”

Now, we saw those pictures. That was one hell of a ‘friendly hello’!