Liam Payne, Payne free time friends

London: There have been rumours of singers Liam Payne and Leona Lewis dating each other but Lewis says they are friends and meet whenever they get time.

"We`re friends. We see each other whenever we can, but he`s really busy and so am I," dailymail.co.uk quoted Lewis as saying. Payne, 19, who is also the member of One Direction band, found fame after coming third in Britain`s reality show ‘The X Factor’ in 2007, while Lewis was the winner of the same season. "We`ve got a shared bond because of `The X Factor`," she said. IANS