Kelly Clarkson says she was 'blackmailed' into working with Dr. Luke
Kelly Clarkson doesn't have a single nice thing to say about Dr. Luke.
The singer ripped into the producer during a KIIS 1011 FM Australia interview, saying she had no choice but to work with the man who co-wrote and co-produced one of her biggest hits, "Since U Been Gone."
"I only worked with him because literally I got blackmailed by my label," Clarkson said on the radio show. "They were like, 'we will not put your album out if you don't do this.'"
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Dr. Luke is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha. The "Tik Tok" singer says Dr. Luke sexually assaulted her, but he says Kesha's allegations are a "vicious smear campaign."
Clarkson admitted she doesn't "know that situation," saying Kesha's "experience was different to mine." However, Clarkson is perfectly comfortable talking about the producer's character.
"He's not a good person, to me," she said. "We've clashed."
"He will just lie to people ... and it makes the artist look bad," Clarkson continued. "He's kind of difficult to work with, kind of demeaning."
Here's the interview below. The part about Dr. Luke begins around the 1:23 hour mark.
Representatives for Dr. Luke have not yet responded to Mashable's request for comment about Clarkson's interview.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
