Tulisa Contostavlos believes public opinion of her is split equally between love and hate.

The singer's profile has increased in the past year after she joined the X Factor as a judge in 2011.

Speaking to ITV's This Morning, Tulisa said that when she was in urban trio N-Dubz, people either hated or loved her.

However, the 'Young' singer believes opinion has fluctuated since she appeared on the X Factor. Contostavlos said:

"I think the public perception of me is 50/50. Despised and loved. I'd say from N-Dubz it was very 50/50. When I first started X Factor, it leaned more towards being loved. And then now, it's kind of back to 50/50."

She continued: "I think that when I first started X Factor I didn't choose to sugar coat myself, I'm always myself, but I was just kind of finding my feet. I was quite wary coming into this new place in the public eye and then it just got to the point where I have to 100% be myself. And then as soon as I started being 100% myself, it went back to 50/50.  But I'm cool with that, as long as I'm being me."