Posted by Adam

Monday October 26, 2009

LEONA Lewis might be a little bit shy — but she’s no pushover!

The Bleeding Love hitmaker says that, because she always remains calm and collected, people assume she’s timid and can be pushed about.

“I think when people see that you are shy, or even just calm, collected and reserved, they think you can be pushed around, made to do everything they want — but that’s definitely not true of me,” Leona told British newspaper The Observer. “The people closest to me know that’s not the case.

“They know I’m not a pushover.”

Lewis admits she finds it “offensive” that the press criticize her for sticking with her hunky boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa, who she’s known all her life.

“I find it very offensive,” she said. “It’s offensive to him — implying he’s not good enough for you any more — but also to you — saying you’re so shallow you’d dump him when you became successful?

“It’s like, seriously? This is real life, it isn’t make-believe. For people to think that you should leave someone because, all of a sudden, you’re a singer and you have opportunities. I feel very sorry for them.

“It does make me angry.

“Because he’s a great person. And it doesn’t matter what you do in life, what your job is, where you come from. None of that matters to me, what matters is who you are as a person — nothing else.”

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