Tenor Watson Can Do Without Tabloids

NEW YORK (AP) - Russell Watson's success on the music charts has earned the British tenor the attention of his nation's tabloids - attention he says he can do without.
``In the U.K., sometimes press can be naughty, I will say. For certain newspapers are always looking for ulterior motives,'' Watson told The Associated Press.
``They come to talk to you about your next album, but really they haven't. They've come to delve into things that are going on, like my relationship and things like that. It's very difficult.''

The 27-year-old Watson is separated from his wife, with whom he has a young daughter. He said his celebrity doesn't give the press the right to delve into his martial woes.
``There's so many legalities going on at the moment, that it just wouldn't be fair to start blabbing everything now, and talking about my personal life to the press,'' he said. ``Because at the end of the day, my personal life is exactly what it stands to be, it's my personal life and it should be kept that way.''

Watson's debut album, "`The Voice,'' is a best seller on Billboard's classical crossover chart.