The Mirror newspaper reported the 30-year-old actress is expecting a child in November.

But at their home in Primrose Hill, north London, the 26-year-old singer insisted he was not about to become a father.

He told a reporter through his intercom: "It's absolute nonsense, mate. I don't know where it comes from."

Ms Kensit already has a six-year-old son, James, from her earlier marriage to Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr.

The couple married in April 1997, and their stormy relationship has made them favourites of the British tabloids. She is said to have briefly moved out of their house last year after a well-publicised row.