Thursday September 10, 2009

Leona Lewis admits it’s “hard” having a long-distance relationship.

The singer — who currently lives in Los Angeles — says she misses her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa, who lives back in London.

“When I first came here [America] I wasn’t sure if I liked it,” Lewis told Cosmopolitan magazine. “It’s taken a while because I love being at home with my family and I miss them when they’re not here

“Obviously, a long-distance relationship is hard. But, like anything worth having, you make it work. You just have to keep the communication open — we Skype, we chat, we email. And he comes out when he can.”

Leona recently revealed that her family keep her grounded.

“I come from a very normal place with a normal family and I definitely stay true to that,” she told British magazine the Big Issue. “There are moments when I’m like, ‘Wow’, but at the end of the day you need a reality check and mine is friends and family.”

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