LOS ANGELES, CA  [Thursday May.17.2007]  /WMQT.com/ -- Pop stars Nelly Furtado and Fergie may be turning a small misunderstanding into an all out war.

Fergie went on Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show last week and said that she and Nelly had a falling out over a lyrics dispute.

Fergie said, "Something went down with the lyrics of a song and she thought I was talking about her because we had similar lyrics when our albums came out and it wasn't even true.

"So she came out with a song talking about it and I approached her and said, 'Hey, listen, is this song about me, because I heard from (producer) Scott Storch it was,' and she kinda beat around the bush a little bit... and she said, 'Yeah,' and she apologised and I said, 'Ok.'

"I was willing to keep it between us, she goes on Mtv, said it wasn't about me and then I hear on YouTube she's saying it was about me, so I'm like, 'Ok, which one is it?'

"She was just calling me out on a song... (and now) it's kinda like a light battle... I've said my peace. It's not like we're gonna throw down."


Furtado spoke to Ryan Seacrest this week and said she wasn't sure why Fergie had brought up the matter.

She said, "We spoke about it face to face... We kinda cleared it up about a month ago... I thought it was water under the bridge."

"I threw the first punch, technically, thinking she had thrown the first punch. She told me she did not and then I said, 'You know what, I'm sorry...' I'm sure we'll be friends again in the future."

"I'm not a bully, I'm just an artist and when you're an artist you have a certain artistic license and when you feel things intuitively and you feel like you've been insulted or hurt you just react."

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