Kelis Comments On Negative Press

Kelis realizes that with her very public divorce from New Yorkrapper Nas, her critics have been given a platform on which to gossip, but the singer insists that she doesn’t pay any attention to anything the media has to say about her.

“You know what’s funny, I don’t have a really good understanding [of it],” said Kelis to TheBoomBox.com about the public’s interest in her divorce. “I know that people are trying to be in my business, but they’re really not. I don’t read anything that people say about me, and the people around me are my real friends.”

The Milkshake singer insists that she isn’t the least bit affected by the negativity sent her way and she added that she is completely unaware of what people say because she doesn’t search up articles on herself.

“Most of it, even the positive stuff is negative, because no one should be in your business like that,” she said. “So at the end of the day I really don’t even know what people are saying about me, so it doesn’t affect me at all actually. It serves no purpose, unless I’m looking at it — like why would I know? I’m not looking. I don’t look up myself on blogs.  I don’t even know what they’re saying.”

Kelis’ forthcoming fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, is scheduled to be released on July 6th in North America. The project features collaborations with producers David Guettaand Will.I.Am, amongst others. It was released in the UKand other parts around the globe in May.