sees ANGELES -- Owen Wilson has den...

sees ANGELES -- Owen Wilson has denied any connection between his movie "You, Me and Dupree" and '70 supergroup Steely Dan, a spokesman for the actor said Friday.

The band freshly posted a letter on its Web site claiming that Wilson's Dupree character was based forward the Steely Dan song "Cousin Dupree" about a couch-hopping houseguest.

In a statement, Wilson said, "I have not heard the song 'Cousin Dupree' and I don't steady know who this gentleman, Mr Steely Dan, is. I trustful longing this helps to clear things up and I can secure back to concentrating on my strange movie, 'HEY 19.' "

"Hey Nineteen" was united in a string of Steely Dan hits in the '70

"There are an pretty heavy people who are turn upside down about this whole thing and we can't guarantee what kind of heat little Owen may be bringing down in succession himself," band leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen wrote in the verbal expression

Steely Dan asked Wilson, 37 to appear at a concoct to apologize to their fans. A spokesman for the band did not get back a call for comment Friday.

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