Folk singer MELISSA ETHERIDGE is welcoming reports she is having a lesbian affair with MEG RYAN.

The BRING ME SOME WATER hitster, who recently split from lover JULIE CYPHER, is amused her friendship with the PROOF OF LIFE (2000) actress was elaborated by the press.

She says, "Meg's a good friend of mine and we've been having a good time and we've both had a chuckle about it. I'm honoured. I am delighted to be romantically linked with someone as fabulous as Meg. " (ES/WNTRE/NFA)

Source: WENN