ALICIA KEYS IS A LIER LIER LIER.............

Alicia Keys is considering buying a gun for protection.The singer-and-actress had to learn to shoot in her new movie 'Smokin' Aces'and now she is confident handling a firearm she is seriously contemplating buying one for her own safety. Keys - who makes her big screen acting debut in the film - said: "I've never owned a gun, but I'm seriously considering owning one now. God forbid, if anything happened I would be prepared."Last week, the star confessed to carrying a knife for protection when she was a teenager growing up in tough New York neighbourhood Hell's Kitchen. Keys isn't the only female celebrity currently considering buying a gun. Last week, Renée Zellweger revealed she wants to purchase a firearm.The 'Miss Potter' actress finds living alone "scary" and has considered buying a weapon to make her feel safer. Renée, 37, said: "People usually mean no harm, but it's scary if there is a car idling outside your house in the middle of the woods at four in the morning. You realise you can't live there any more. It's sad, but that's how it works. It's no big deal. It's just a job hazard."I don't want to own a gun, but sometimes I do think about it."

Just last week she did a interview on how she had carried a knife as a teenager in New York City's Hell's Kitchen Neighbourhood. First of all Alicia Keys is 26 years old. Hells Kitchen is right next to Times Square and has not been dangerous in 20 years. That would make Alicia 6 when she carried a knife. I think you should find different lies to get publicity !

ALICIA KEYS USED TO CARRY KNIFE

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys carried a knife when she was a child. The singer, who grew up in tough Manhattan neighbourhood Hell's Kitchen has revealed she felt safer when she carried a weapon. Alicia said: "Protection was a big issue. You felt more comfortable with a knife. I felt if someone tried to touch you I would have something to surprise them." The Grammy award-winning musician says her mother was furious when she discovered Alicia was carrying the knife and vowed to take her daughter away from the dangerous neighbourhood. Alicia explained to Britain's Guardian newspaper: "I don't remember if she took it away but she was definitely upset. She was upset that I had to be like that, feel like that. She said, If this is the case we'll move." "It doesn't matter where you move, there's always a situation where someone's attacking you or the possibility of it." The 26-year-old star - who makes her acting debut in new movie 'Smokin Aces' has also admitted that she found it hard to adjust to her fame, because people expected her to dress in a feminine way. She said: "When I first got into the business, people were saying, 'Why areyou such a tomboy?' I was a tomboy because I thought I had to protect myself. As a young lady you have to be careful. I felt any time I called attention to myself, it would bring unwanted attention. I didn't want attention like that so I shrank away from it. It was a while before I became comfortable as a young lady to be able to dress more feminine."