Bret Michaels denies engagement reports

Bret Michaels isn’t getting married. Star magazine reported Tuesday that the rocker — who suffered a brain hemorrhage on April 21 — had proposed to Kristi Lynn Gibson, his on-and-off girlfriend of 16 years — and mother of their two daughters, Raine Elizabeth, 10, and Jorja Bleu, 5.

“Bret felt like now was the time because Kristi has been through so much with Bret and has been by his side every step of the way,” a source said.

But Michaels has spoken out to set the record straight.

“No. We are not engaged yet,” the 47-year-old said on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show. “We’re a work in progress.”

Michaels says the ring Gibson wears is “a promise ring … a friendship ring, with benefits. That’s what we call it.”

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