Joe Biden on Sunday denied he meant to act “inappropriately” in the face of accusations from a former Nevada lawmaker that the possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate touched her on the shoulders and kissed her hair.

“In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort,” Biden said in a statement released by his spokesman Bill Russo. “And not once – never – did I believe I acted inappropriately. It it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention.”

Biden, who served as former President Obama’s vice president for two terms, reiterated that he doesn’t remember the incident described by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state assemblywoman, in an op-ed piece in New York Magazine on Friday.

Flores, then-35, said she was preparing to give a speech in 2014 when Biden stepped up behind her, grabbed her by the shoulders, “inhaled my hair,” and planted “a big slow kiss on the back of my head.”

“I may not recall these moments the same way, and I may be surprised at what I hear,” Biden said in the statement released on Twitter. “But we have arrived at an important time when women feel they can and should relate their experiences, and men should pay attention. And I will.”