Hailey Baldwin denies relationship with Justin Bieber

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Hailey Baldwin has addressed the rumors going around about her relationship with Justin Bieber, and declared she and the Canadian pop star are just good friends.

Baldwin, 18, has been spending a lot of time with Bieber as of late. The pair was spotted together at church last month and often appear in each other's Instagram photos, but the model told E! News at the Sunday premiere of Exodus in NYC that she's known the singer she was a kid.

"I've known him since I was so young -- since I was like 13 -- and we've just been good friends over the years," she said. "We have just stayed close and there's nothing more to it than that." Baldwin, the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, has modeling deals with Ford Models and Storm.