Dad-to-be Jay Cutler says he never broke up with Kristin Cavallari

Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Jay Cutler has taken to twitter to deny reports that he had once broken off his engagement to Kristin Cavallari, who recently announced her pregnancy.

The two had met in August 2010 through mutual friend 'E! News' host Giuliana Rancic, and Cutler popped the question to Cavallari after just eight months of dating in April 2011.

In July that year, the couple called off their engagement and sent back their wedding gifts. But after showing up to support each other at their respective gigs (Cavallari was competing on Dancing with the Stars at the time and Cutler was starting the 2011-2012 NFL season), the Laguna Beach alum and the Chicago Bears quarterback mended their issues and announced that their nuptials were back on in November.

"Thanks for all the tweets. We couldn't be more excited" Us Weekly quoted the 28-year-old athlete as tweeting.

"We don't usually comment on our relationship, but for the record I never broke up with Kristin. It's unfortunate some people are saying hurtful things during such a joyous moment in our life," he said.

Cavallari, 24, retweeted her beau's message on her own Twitter page.

In December, at an Alice + Olivia event, Cavallari had described the past year as being 'interesting'.

"The past year has been interesting...There have been a lot of ups and downs, but overall it's been great," she said. (ANI)