will.i.am has admitted he has no time for love because of his jet-setting career but credits his ex-girlfriend for making things happen for him and the Black Eyed Peas.

Hitmaker will. i. am. blames  his jet-setting career which saw him travel nearly two million miles last year for causing him to give up on love for the time being.

will.i.am has admitted he has no time for love because of his jet-setting.

He shared: "I don't have time for girlfriends. And that's why I just keep busy, I keep going because that's what I want to do."

The 39-year-old rapper and businessman credits his ex for making things happen for him, despite the pair splitting up on the phone after nine years together.

He explained: "Back in 1998, I said to my ex girlfriend, 'I'm just going on tour for a couple of months'. And I never came back. We were together for nine years - and we had to break up over the phone. It's not always easy but it is what it is.

"She was the one who helped all of this happen, we stayed in touch as friends. The track 'Heartbreaker' [Black Eyed Peas single featuring Cheryl Fernandez-Versini] is about her.

"I moved out of my mum's house and straight in with her - she was the girl who looked after me, and without her the Black Eyed Peas wouldn't have happened."

Despite not having time for love, will.i.am admits that he prefers to keep busy.

He told Notebook magazine: "I don't really like chilling out. I could easily schedule my calendar so I don't have to work so much but I keep it packed because I like working hard ...

"The only time I'm on my own is when I'm travelling to the next place on a plane or occasionally on a day off. It's fine, it's work."

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