Adrienne Bailon in Latina September 2014: The Kardashian-Label Hurt My Career

She was a mainstay on the early days of "Keeping up with the Kardashians," but Adrienne Bailon reveals that the reality family actually hurt her career.

While opening up in the September 2014 issue of Latina, the former Cheetah Girl talks about her ex, Rob Kardashian, and how being associated with the famous family isn't all it's cracked up to be - in her eyes.

Check out highlights from Adrienne's interview (which Kim K went on to slam), and for more head over to Latina!

On the aftermath of Keeping Up With the Kardashians:

“To be stuck with that Kardashian label, that was so hurtful to me and to my career. I probably realized that too late—not that it would’ve affected my decisions in terms of who I dated, but it would’ve affected my decision to appear on the show. At the time, I didn’t think anyone would even care. To this day, people will still say, ‘You ruined Rob’s life!’ and I’ll think, Damn, I was still playing with Barbie dolls when I met him.”

On suffering Rob Kardashian’s infidelity in the public eye:

“It’s common knowledge that he cheated on me, and it always bothered me that people were like, ‘Pero, why couldn’t you forgive him?’ Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, ‘You’re disgusting, and I want nothing to do with you.’ But women, we’re supposed to be like, ‘He messed up. He made a mistake.’ And, in my situation, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God! I made a mistake!’ He strategically planned things out so that he could cheat on me, and that to me was so disloyal.”

On going public with her new love, Def Jam Records exec Lenny Santiago:

“I wanted to let people know that we’re not a secret—we’re just private. Secret relationships are shady, and it’s never been that. Five years into our relationship, we’re no longer at the beginning—we’re established now. We’re in a great, strong place where any negativity cast our way won’t affect us. It was a big birthday for him—he turned 40—and I felt like, ‘I want people to know that I love you, and I think you’re freakin’ amazing.’”