By Staff Writer (media@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Oct 22, 2014 07:25 AM EDT

Last weeks, rumors of crooner Lionel Richie being Khloe Kardashian's dad swirled, prompting new speculations about the reality star's parentage.

Recently, Lionel responded to the reports to clear the air.

"No, of course not!" he exclaimed, when asked whether he's Khloe's real dad, as noted by Mirror. "But you know what, they are my kids. They are my kids, they grew up in my house."

"No, I'm not the dad. But I would adopt her!" he also added.

"Richie, whose daughter Nicole was childhood best friends with Kim Kardashian, added that he thinks a lot of Khloe," the publication said.

The singer was out dining at L.A.'s Madeo restaurant Monday when he was asked the question, the Daily Mail noted.

The rumors began when a source revealed that Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner "had an affair in the 'wild 1980s' with Lionel and Khloe is the love child of their 'sexual affair'."

"They had a sexual affair -- he bragged about it," the insider was quoted by the British publication as saying. "He said he was on the outs with his wife at the time."

"Everyone was sleeping around with everyone else back then, and Kris was hot in those days," the source, who is said to be one of Lionel's friends, revealed. The mole even went on to say that the "All Night Long" singer's biological daughter Sofia "looks like she could be Khloe's little sister."

Khloe had already spoken about the recent rumor, jokingly telling Gossip Cop that she's "had so many dads my head is spinning."

"Questions arose over who Khloe's daddy was when Kris Jenner admitted to having an affair around the time that Khloe was conceived in her book, 'Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian,'" Mirror said. "In 2012, Kris tried to get Khloe to take a paternity test on the family's reality show to try and put the rumours dogging them to bed."

However, as fans may recall, Khloe never really took the paternity test, as she believes she knows who her dad is. "Seriously, my dad is Robert Kardashian. My other dad is Bruce Jenner. If you f***ed other people during the same time and you do not know, go on Maury!" she told her mother.

Previous rumors have tied NFL star O.J. Simpson to the paternity debate, as Kris reportedly also had an affair with the incarcerated sportsman back in the day, the Daily Mail said.

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