American Idol winner Fantasia now says, "I'm not lliterate."

Recently, the singer was quoted as saying that she can not read or write, but Fantasia now says that is not what was said. She says she was very surprised by the commercials used for her 20/20 interview.

"When it first came on it was like, big secrets you have not learned about Fantasia. She can't read or write," she said, "I was like huh? That's not in my book."

In her book, Life is Not a Fairy Tale," Fantasia says she couldn't read after attending local schools and describes how her friends used to call her hometown of High Point, North Carolina, the "Land of the Dead."

"In the book, I don't say that I can't read or I can't write, I say I have trouble - that I'm not a strong reader. But I can write," Fantasia told JET. "Of course I can write."

Fantasia has sold 1.7 million copies of her debut album, Free Yourself but says she still has a story to tell and will not let the media twist her words around.

"I'm not illiterate. I just have some struggles and some situations that I'm not strong in." She adds, "Every chance I get to speak out about it, I'm going to clear it up and let them know that I am not a dummy. If I were a dummy I wouldn't be where I am today."

The singer is currently on tour with rapper Kanye West. "I don't regret it. Because of all the people who are talking, I've had just as many people come up to me and say, 'You've helped me.'"