We put you on to Kim Kardashian when our current issue hit newsstands, now with the internet going nuts about her soon to be released sex tape, Complex's favorite Hollywood socialite opens up about Ray-J, the "golden shower" scene, and the wild ride she's been on for the past month. Press play.

By Joe La Puma; Photos: Fredric Reshew

You were linked to Nick Cannon around the time our issue came out. Did that kind of cool down? What's the status of your relationship with him?

Kim Kardashian: We were never really…we were always friends. He was someone who I enjoyed spending my time with, but we were never really a couple. And I think it fizzled out way before that even happened.

So the tape really didn't have anything to do with it, or did he kind of get turned off by it, or –

Kim Kardashian: No, we weren't together. We never in a relationship like that. [The tape] has nothing to do with it.

Are you seeing anyone now or…

Kim Kardashian: No, I really am happy being single and I feel really good about it. I'm not really into looking for a relationship right now and I just kind of want to be by myself in every aspect. Even if you have friends, you know, people assume completely different things: I just got back from a business trip with people, and if someone takes a picture they automatically think you're dating people and it's just so wrong. So I am really into being by myself.

. Did the tape have anything to do with, "I need to be single now" or –

Kim Kardashian: Um, a little bit just because I feel like people would, especially when they see you acting a certain way with someone, they might assume you're gonna be that way. You know, I can act however I want to act. If I have a boyfriend and in the privacy—you know what? I learned my lesson. I won't again, never again. But at that time and at the age I was at, everyone makes mistakes. You just don't know what peoples intentions are now and that's what sucks. Guys see a video of you and, you know, they might assume that you're that way with everyone when I'm not.

Now, the golden shower thing you kept alluding to—it was rumored that you OKed it, like, "you can put the tape out as long as that scene is cut."

Kim Kardashian: Absolutely ridiculous. I would love to hear who these people spoke to. I was getting all these emails from all these different companies and I just sent them all to my attorney I have not spoken to a soul about this. That's absolutely not true.

Well in the end, I mean, you're breaking necks in the issue so that's a plus.

Kim Kardashian: (laughs) Yeah, cause I'm a good liar. Home // GIRLS // COVER GIRLS // KIM KARDASHIAN II