LeaAnn Rimes meets her fans and signs autographs during The 2009 CMA Music Festival - The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience - Last day at the Nashville Convention Center. Nashville, Tennessee - 14.06.09

The Blue singer has been under the spotlight ever since she was spotted kissing actor Eddie Cibrian during an intimate night out in Los Angeles earlier this year (09).

And despite insisting she would keep a "dignified silence" over the cheating claims, Rimes has spoken about how hard the last few months have been - comparing the constant scrutiny of her personal life to living in a "fishbowl".

She tells Shape magazine, "I've been in the public eye since I was 14, so I have a tough skin. It's fine dragging me through the mud, but don't drag my loved ones through it. They're my family, and it hurts them.

"All I'll say is, I know what's in my heart and what's true. I feel like people are looking and pointing at me like I'm in a fishbowl. I've learned to let it roll off my back, but it's super hard, and it really hurts."

Rimes and Sheremet have both brushed off reports they are seeking a divorce.

Source: WENN