Denying rumours that he is dating filmmaker Karan Johar, fashion designer Manish Malhotra said, "Karan is like a brother to me." "It's just ridiculous," he added while addressing the rumours. Earlier, rumours of Manish dating Johar had begun after Manish liked a comment which read, "You guys are the cutest couple", written on a picture of them posted by Manish.