Okay, Oprah. Why do you think people were hating so much?
Maybe it’s because it felt like I took it for granted
and that I didn’t work hard enough. I didn’t know
how powerful it was to have that big of a single.
That’s why I’m going back with vocal coaches and
acting coaches so that if it doesn’t work out a second time,
at least I can say I put 110 percent into it. People still have
stuff to say. They call me “D-list,” “America’s Favorite Non-Singer”—or they
say, “She needs to go back to modeling.” Oh, I’ve heard it all. [Laughs.]
What’s the most hurtful thing that was said?
That I slept my way into the industry. I think that’s really vicious. If it had
nothing to do with talent, at least it had something to do with charm.
But it was never jumping into bed with somebody. That’s just gross. As far as
people saying I couldn’t sing, I did a bad job so I couldn’t hate. I was in a tough
place for a second. I got really sick and was in the hospital in like November or
December. It was stress and exhaustion, and I ended up going home to Connecticut.
[Puffy] actually called me up when I was at home and asked me what I wanted to do.
I was like, “I want to do another album.”
So there’s no truth to the rumors that you were involved with
Diddy or your producer Ryan Leslie…
They have no root. Somebody just starts it. “Cassie’s pregnant with
somebody’s baby.” Sites saying they heard from
a specific source. [Laughs.] I read this thing where Beyoncé’s like,
“I haven’t looked online in seven years to read
about myself. That’s how I keep going. Nothing can pull me back
into that matrix.” That’s a good situation. But for me, that’s where I connected
first, so I can’t leave that behind. I don’t read celebrity blogs, but I like
Perez Hilton when I do.
Would you ever date a rapper?
A rapper? I don’t know. I’d date Snoop. [Laughs.] He’s my favorite rapper.
There was a lot of speculation about “Me & U.”
What was that song about?
I didn’t write it. Ryan wrote it. Because I have a young fan base,
what upset me was that it’s like, “Damn, I have little girls and boys singing this song.”
But I didn’t take it the same way everyone else did.
It’s about a special moment, whatever you want it to be. It could be
right before you kiss. It’s when it’s just you and
the person.
But you have to know the YouTube video that Little X directed made
it look like it was about going down on a guy.
Because that’s how Little X interpreted it. That wasn’t my treatment
and he didn’t write one either. We just shot as we went along.
I like him as a person and he’s a great guy, but I was kind of
upset that it even got leaked. I was like, “Who did that? It had to
be one of your people because I didn’t have it.” But we’re definitely cool now.
You caught a lot of criticism for your live performances.
I don’t think I should have done those shows. But I didn’t know I had a choice.
I would sit in rehearsals and sing full songs a cappella.
I wasn’t Beyoncé, but I wasn’t fucking up. Then I got out there and was like,
“Oh my God, millions of people are watching me right now.
I have stage fright.” Before the BET performance, I remember
being backstage with Gwen Niles, the VP from my label, and I
was like, “I’m gonna shit myself. I can’t do this.
Don’t make me go out there.”
(SOURCE: COMPLEX MAG)
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