BEVERLY HILLS - Area hunk, Rick Astley, has sworn that he will ‘never gonna give you up, let you down, run around, and desert you’, the ‘you’ possibly referring to his anonymous female love interest.

“Her and me, we’re no strangers to love, and we both know the rules,” said Astley while awkwardly swaying his body left to right and slowly swinging his hands in random directions, as if trying to imitate some poor dance routine. “A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of, and you wouldn’t get that from too many guys.”

Reporters met him the first time at a parking lot during the later part of morning, and he was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with huge shades when they interviewed him. “I just want to tell y’all how I’m feeling,” said Astley, trying to make the reporters understand.

“The’ve known each other for very long,” said a local bartender, who happens to be Astley’s close friend. “Her heart’s been aching for Astley, and all this long she’s been too shy to admit it. It’s great that both of them have realized what’s going on, and that they’re finally gonna play the game.” Promptly after giving his comment, the bartender spun around three times and continued to do a number of fantastic acrobatic feats while two female dancers danced on the bar stage to some sort of 80s song.

Reporters met Astley a second time later that night at the poolside of his house, and he was wearing a black shirt over a large white overcoat. When reporters asked Astley on how he was currently feeling about the relationship, he only replied “don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.”

A pair of his friends, male and female, was also at the poolside. Reporters tried to interview them, but they were busy engaging in some sort of gay interpretive dancing. The bartender friend was also there, wearing very tight short shorts, and he was back-flipping all over the place.

Before reporters left, Astley added that he will also ‘never gonna make you cry, say goodbye, tell a lie, and hurt you,” the ‘you’ again possibly referring to his anonymous female love interest.