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George Foreman says the legendarily nasty public feud between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was actually friendly behind closed doors ... telling TMZ Sports the two men secretly loved each other.

The war between Ali and Frazier is well-known -- Ali called him names like "gorilla" and "Uncle Tom" -- which reportedly wounded Frazier until his death in 2011.

In fact, Frazier famously expressed his distaste for Ali in a 1990 interview -- "I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but I hated that man. First he made me a white man, then he made me a n****r.”

"How would you like it if your kids came home from school crying because everyone was calling their daddy a gorilla?"

But when Foreman -- who called Ali his "best friend" -- joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show (airs tonight on FS1) ... we asked if Ali privately regretted taking things so far with his old foe.

Check out the clip ... Foreman says he was tight with both men and knows they all had love for each other.

"Whatever names we were called, they were all taken as a joke."

Two concierges in the building where Amber Heard and Johnny Depp lived claim they saw no bruising on her face, even noticing her flawless complexion ... days after Heard claims Johnny Depp hurled an iPhone at her.

We're told on Monday, May 23 -- 2 days after the alleged attack -- the daytime concierge saw Amber in the lobby, appearing to wear no makeup, and says there was no evidence of any facial bruising.

A woman who lives in the building tells TMZ, after Amber's allegations surfaced, the concierge told her not only did Amber appear bruise-free, the concierge added, "I was about to compliment her on her complexion."

The resident also says a second concierge told her the same thing. He saw Amber on Wednesday, May 25 -- appearing to wear no makeup and again appearing bruise-free.

Gilbert Arenas says he's sorry he said "f*** my kids" during an argument with his ex -- but says he didn't mean it, and blames Laura Govan for "setting me up."

An audio recording of the conversation was released on "The Breakfast Club" radio show this morning -- and while Gilbert admits it's authentic, he says he did not know he was being recorded.

"Yes I said it ... NOT in the meaning as a #deadbeatdad BUT the meaning of a man who was frustrated of fighting a evil demon everyday," Arenas said in an Instagram statement.

"I was letting [Govan] know NOT even the kids will save u. She thinks she can [leverage] me and the kids, she uses the kids to fight her battles."

Gilbert says he believes Govan leaked the tape -- but says he does not plan to take any sort of legal action over it.

In fact, Gilbert says he will not move to strip Laura of custody because he believes "kids need both parents in they lives."

Looks like Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik may have survived summer breakup season after all ... according to Gigi's dad.

We got Mohamed Hadid leaving Il Pastaio Friday, and he told us he just had breakfast with his daughter and not a mention of splitsville.

There are a bunch of reports ... Gigi and Zayn called it quits last week after 6 months together.

Add to the smoke ... Gigi posted snapchats of herself on Friday night dancing to Zayn's song "PILLOWTALK".

Tyga's smoking hot rebound chick, Demi Rose, says she's fallen victim to prostitute identity theft -- since her face and bod are all over high-priced escort websites.

Demi's got quite the Instagram portfolio and ever since she was seen with Tyga in Cannes ... pics from her page have been popping up on sites hawking companionship all over the globe -- from the U.S. to Dubai.

She tells TMZ ... don't believe the hype, since she's never done any sort of escorting and doesn't want her name associated with it.

Demi, who's a model by trade, says she's seen this happen to lots of girls in her biz ... and she's considering legal action.

Johnny Depp is very much pro-Sweden ... especially when it comes to the run-of-the-mill beautiful, blonde, fair-skinned citizens.

Johnny was super touchy-feely Monday when an Amber clone approached him in the lobby of the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. She's Desiree Nilsson, a 21-year-old fashion blogger.

Desiree's move was thwarted by a bodyguard, but she pressed her luck and J.D. noticed, which was all it took. Johnny waved her in and within no time he was holding her hand and touching her back.

Johnny had game left, so a few hours later he found his way to the hotel bar where Swedish model Andrea Jay was glued to his side in no time.

Sweden ... it makes you feel good when your wife files for divorce.

Anna Fantastic is indignant at British newspapers that reported she had sex with Prince in the elevator where he died.

We got Anna at Catalina Coffee & Cafe in Redondo Beach Thursday, and she railed on The Sun for reporting she told the paper about a romp in the lift.

Gigi Hadid got back on the horse Thursday night after her breakup with Zayn Malik ... hoofing it with Kendall Jenner.

The girls hit up The Nice Guy in WeHo and displayed their trademark "no-emotion" look as they left together.

BTW ... Lakers star Jordan Clarkson was also at the club ... He used to hang with Kendall and there was buzz they were dating. He left separately.

3:50 PM PT -- Calvin just tweeted, "The only truth here is that a relationship came to an end & what remains is a huge amount of love and respect." It's a nice sentiment.

She's still gonna write a song about him.

Taylor Swift is all about Hollywood and Calvin Harris just wasn't feeling it, and that's why they broke up ... TMZ has learned.Sources close to the exes tell us Calvin is all about his music, working out and keeping a low profile. When he started dating Taylor 15 months ago they were keeping things private and not doing public events together ... so, he was cool with the relationship.

We're told once they started doing award shows, parties and red carpets ... Calvin grew more and more uncomfortable. There was no big blowup with Taylor -- we're told Calvin was just honest about his dislike for the Hollywood spotlight.

His goal now is to get back to as low-key a lifestyle as possible, while still doing live shows and recording new music.

As for reports he was intimidated by Taylor's success -- a source close to Calvin calls that "laughable," since he's one of the most successful DJs in the game.

Johnny Depp is partying overseas like a guy with no concerns -- such as a divorce from Amber Heard or domestic violence allegations.

Johnny and his Hollywood Vampires roadies hit up the Under Masken in Denmark Wednesday night where we're told Johnny was drinking and chatting up bar staff until 4 AM.

Bartender Hartvig Hansen tells TMZ ... the reports Johnny got into a fight with a bodyguard are not true. He says the actor knocked back 3 vodka tonics, with limes -- and a bottle of champagne was passed around.

The Daily Mail got photos of Johnny outside the bar with his entourage. Some people thought it looked like he took a swing at one of his bodyguards, but Hartvig says the pic is deceiving -- Johnny really just has his arm around a chick while he's talking to the guys.

Johnny Depp's assistant, Stephen Deuters, tells TMZ, the texts that were posted in which he allegedly apologized to Amber Heard for Johnny's violent behavior are heavily doctored ... and he never said Johnny attacked her.

Deuters says he knows of no acts of abuse toward Amber at the hands of Johnny and has never made such a claim to anyone. He adds, Johnny has never been violent toward anyone he knows.

Deuters says the texts themselves are suspicious because they don't even show a date.

Bottom line ... he says he will testify under oath he never had a conversation about alleged violence with Amber.

Pro football is just "not fun" for Marshawn Lynch anymore ... so says his famous rap star cousin who's 100% positive Beast Mode is NOT returning to the NFL.

Marshawn's cuz Mistah F.A.B. sat down with with "The Breakfast Club" -- when Charlamagne Tha God asked about rumors that Lynch is thinking about coming back to the league.

"He's done. It's not fun to him no more," F.A.B. said.

Long story short ... F.A.B. says Marshawn is super wealthy (saved his NFL cash like a boss) and has been spending his time building schools and affordable housing across the world.

In fact, F.A.B. says Lynch wants to mentor young players so they can get to "mogul status" too. '

Khloe Kardashian should reconsider the whole 'not officially dating' Odell Beckham Jr. thing -- so says one of her "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" co-stars ... who says they'd be a damn good couple.

Justin Bieber and Rita Ora connected for sure Wednesday night ... and Thursday morning, too.

The Biebs and Rita arrived separately at Warwick nightclub in Hollywood, Justin shrouded in a hoodie. All pretenses flew out the window on the way out, when they left in Bieber's SUV at around 2 AM and beelined it for a late night/early AM meal.

Kylie Jenner and PartyNextDoor added a touch of romance to Drake's Memorial Day party by getting up on each other on the dance floor.

It's the first time we've seen video of the new couple showing some PDA. Normally, they go out of their way to NOT look like they're together.

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have pulled the plug on their relationship ... TMZ has confirmed.

The couple ended things after 15 months of blissful dating. They made their public debut at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. No specific reason for the split yet, but we're told there was no huge drama ... such as cheating.

The news comes almost two weeks after Calvin was injured in a car wreck and forced to cancel several shows.