Irina Shayk likes Kanye West 'as a friend' only.

The 35-year-old model has recently been romantically linked with the Stronger rapper after they were seen together in France last month, but insiders insisted she isn't looking for a relationship and turned down his request to accompany him to Paris for a fashion show as she didn't want to add fuel to the speculation.

'She likes him as a friend, but doesn't want a relationship with him,' a source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column.