Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears has revealed that he had doubts as to whether Lily Allen was going to make it when she first started out.

Although she's a successful recording artist these days, Shears admitted that he didn't like the 'Not Fair' singer before she shot to fame.

"I did not like her at all when I first met her," he said. "It was in New York two years before the first album came out, she would come to New York to see a friend of ours and we would go out for dinner," he said.

He continued, "She was very sullen and sulky. She told me she was recording an album and I was rolling my eyes going, 'Yeah go for it girl. You go be a popstar, good luck with that.' And then of course, I was so wrong. But I've grown to love her."