Toy boy rumours profit Sarandon

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VACATION: Susan Sarandon visiting Peru in April.

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JUST BUSINESS: Jonathan Bricklin on vacation in Peru with Susan Sarandon.

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Susan Sarandon's ping-pong club partner has been happily courting false reports he's dating the actress because the romance rumours are giving their New York business a big boost.

Sarandon co-owns New York table tennis bar Spin with 32-year-old Jonathan Bricklin, who has been listed as her toyboy lover following her 2009 split from longtime partner Tim Robbins.

Her representative has quickly dismissed the dating rumours, insisting their relationship is "strictly a business one".

But speculation has yet to die down.

Sarandon fuelled the romance rumours earlier this year when she was spotted with Bricklin on a trip to Peru, and she also brought him to a New York screening of documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Now her rumoured toyboy has finally spoken up to deny he's dating his business partner.

"No, no, no. But we spend a lot of time together - a lot of time," Bricklin told New York Magazine.

Despite the denial, Bricklin isn't complaining about the attention because it's good for business.

"I don't read the papers that often, but I walk by and I kind of scoff at whoever's there. So when the equivalent happened to me, I was just horrified. And then I got over it a day later," he said.

"Business was notably better from the first article on. I mean, I'm happy as s**t if that sells things."

- AAP