Nov 23, 2006, 12:20 GMT
Courtney Love says Kurt Cobain wasn't the love of her life.
The 'Hole' singer described the late Nirvana frontman - the father of her 12-year-old daughter Frances Bean, who she was married to for two years - as "the best friend I ever had" but admits he could be mistrusting and hostile.
She told POP magazine: "I think he did love me. But when you're dealing with someone who is that brilliant but is tortured you have to put up with a lot of misanthropic s**t."
Love - who has previously drug and drink addictions - claims her one true love was actor Ed Norton.
She explained: "He's been more of a daddy to Frances than Kurt ever was."
The 42-year-old rocker appears in a series of raunchy semi-nude photographs in the latest edition of the magazine.
However, Katie Grand, the editor-in-chief of POP, insists that is not what was initially intended.
She said: "We didn't plan the shoot to be raunchy - we wanted to put her in couture - but she's such a big presence. In a couture dress she seemed stiff, so it ended up being quite naked."
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