Blunt blasts "unhealthy" celeb obsession

James Blunt has described press interest in his personal life as "unhealthy".

The singer admitted that he cannot understand why his love life attracts so much attention in the media, claiming that the public should not care about his relationships.

"I've never read tabloid magazines, but I think it's a pretty unhealthy practice," Blunt told inthenews.co.uk. "You and I are not dogs sniffing each other, I'm not interested in your private life, nor should I be, and nor should you be in mine.

"We're hopefully intelligent human beings, who can talk about, discuss and maybe even achieve much greater things than learning about who you're shagging. So, for me, I've always stepped away from that and now that I'm in the public eye a bit more, I've just tried to ignore it."

Blunt added that he would much prefer to be quizzed about his music when he is interviewed by newspapers.

"I'm not a celebrity, I'm a musician," he explained. "Whether you like my music or not, music's part of our art and our culture, which sets us asides from being animals and is much more relevant."