Jimmy Kimmel denies spending $1.9million on the nude portrait of Bea Arthur

Jimmy Kimmel has denied spending nearly $2million on a topless painting of the late Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur after his comedian friend, Jeffrey Ross posted a picture of himself holding the portrait and thanking Kimmel for the 'generous' gift.

'Biggest surprise of my life. Thank you @jimmykimmel - the most generous guy in the world! #BeaArthur,' comedian Jeffrey Ross wrote as the picture caption.

While he did not formally confirm that he was the one to pay the pricey sum for the picture, Kimmel's response comes as a certain declaration- one that he ultimately overturned.

'Bea is watching over all of us, but especially you,' Kimmel wrote.

Later Friday night, Kimmel came back clearing things up by saying that he had nothing to do it with.

'Contrary to "news" reports, I didn't buy the Bea Arthur painting - not even for @realjeffreyross - but I did buy the Mona Lisa Lampanelli,' he wrote to his nearly 2,600,000 followers.