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"&lt;img alt=\"0410-kerry-rhoades-getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/10/0410-kerry-rhoades-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;NFL star &lt;strong&gt;Kerry Rhodes&lt;/strong&gt; -- who's been in the league since 2005 -- tells TMZ he's not gay ... despite reports suggesting otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos surfaced Thursday on &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://cdn.mediatakeout.com/62222/mto-super-duper-world-exclusive-top-nfl-superstar-is-photo-d-on-vacation-with-one-of-his-male-friends-this-ish-here-is-looking-suspect.html\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MediaTakeOut.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; showing 30-year-old Rhodes with his arm around a male friend. The site didn't say outright Rhodes was gay, but there was a strong insinuation ... not that there's anything wrong with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Rhodes says he's as straight as an arrow -- telling TMZ, \"Photos have been circulating of my former assistant and I that have caused some rumors regarding my sexuality, and I wanted to address the situation.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rhodes then says flatly, \"I am not gay.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rhodes explains:&amp;#160; \"The shots were taken during a past vacation in a casual environment with my entire business team.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rhodes says when it comes to being supportive of gay professional athletes coming out, he's on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/04/magic-johnson-gay-son-ej-coming-out-interview-tmz-harvey-levin/\"&gt;Magic Johnson's team&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160; \"I know a lot of people are recently talking about athletes struggling to come out to their fans right now, and I support them, as well as wish those individuals comfort.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rhodes -- who played for the Cardinals last year -- is now a free agent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2013/04/11/kerry-rhodes-football-photos/\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0411_kerry_rhodes_football_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/11/0411-kerry-rhodes-football-footer-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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