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Kelly Clarkson says Dr Luke is "not a good guy" and claims she was blackmailed into working with him

Singer speaks about her own experience of working with the producer.

Kelly Clarkson has spoken about her experience of working with Dr Luke and claimed the producer is "not a good person".

Kesha is currently trying to end her contract with Kemosabe Records after accusing founder Dr Luke of sexual misconduct and abuse.

Prefacing her thoughts by saying she 'doesn't know [Kesha's] situation' Kelly told KIIS106.5 that she "clashed" with the producer.

The singer insisted she only worked with Dr Luke because she was "blackmailed" by her label.

"I only worked with him because, literally, I got blackmailed by my label. They were like, 'We will not put your album out if you don't do this'. It was a really hard time for me," she said.

"He's not a good person to me. We've clashed but I can't say anything other than that. I can remark on his character and unfortunately, when you have that character, so many artists don't like you and don't like working with you. That's not normal."

Pressed to describe Dr Luke's character, Kelly added: "Obviously he's a talented dude but he's lied a lot. I've run into a couple of really bad situations.

"Musically it's been really hard to me because he'll just lie to people and it makes the artist look bad. He's difficult to work with, kind of demeaning."

The singer went on to explain why she hasn't publicly defended Kesha.

"[Kesha's] situation is very different to mine apparently. He never did anything like that with me. I don't know that part," Kelly said.

"People are like, 'Why don't you defend her?' and I'm like, 'I'll be really honest about the guy but I don't know that situation'. If it's true I can't imagine working with someone who had done that."

Dr Luke continues to deny the claims and defended himself on Twitter after the court ruled that Kesha would not be allowed to break her contract, saying: "I didn't rape Kesha and I have never had sex with her.

"Kesha and I were friends for many years and she was like my little sister."

Meanwhile, Lady Gaga, Adele and Lena Dunham are among those who have spoken out in support of Kesha.