Oct 7, 2007, 13:00 GMT
Natasha Bedingfield could end up in rehab - as a counsellor.
British singer Natasha Bedingfield arrives for the men's final match on the final day of the 2007 US Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 09 September 2007. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT
The 'Unwritten' singer can see herself following troubled stars Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears into a rehab clinic - but only if she ditches music and becomes a therapist.
Natasha told Britain's The Times newspaper: "It is really 'in' for rock'n'roll stars to be messed up at the moment. I've never been attracted to drugs or excessive alcohol. I've seen the excesses and it doesn't appeal to me.
"It's funny because you hear those songs like Amy's 'Rehab'. I could have been in rehab - but as a counsellor. I studied psychology at university because I thought it would help me write music, but also as a Plan B, so I could be a therapist at the end of it if the music did not work out."
The 25-year-old British star abandoned her degree at Greenwich University in London after just one year to chase pop stardom in 2004.
Her first album, 'Unwritten', proved a huge success, selling over 2.5 million copies worldwide, with the title track making her the first British woman to top the US Billboard Pop 100 since Kim Wilde 20 years earlier.
Natasha believes she had to fight hard to be taken seriously as a woman in pop.
She said: "When I first came on the music scene so many people asked, 'Why aren't you on the front page of the magazines on the top shelf? Why aren't you pole-dancing?' It's quite offensive if that is seen as the only way a girl can get her music heard."
Natasha's new single, from her second album 'NB', will hit shelves in the UK on Monday (08.10.07).
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