By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Kristin Cavallari wants to set the record straight: She didn't cause the breakup between her Dancing with the Stars partner Mark Ballas and American Idol beauty Pia Toscano.

"I think that is so unfair to drag me into that!" the former star of The Hills told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM show Monday. "Why should I be dragged into Mark's drama?"

Reports sprouted up last month placing Cavallari in romantic dinners with Ballas at West Hollywood establishments like The Abbey and Marix Tex Mex Café, but the reality TV diva insists there's nothing to see here.

"He's like a brother to me and I would never go there," she said with a measure of conviction.

Cavallari who split with Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler in July, admitted she's friendly with her ex, and has even