"Sometimes you have to just say things and get them off your chest so that you don't have to carry it for the rest of your life," she said.

The “Ex's and Oh's" singer admits she was not impressed by her estranged father’s comments on "The Tucker Carlson Show."

After Elle King recently made headlines when she discussed her strained relationship with her father, comedian Rob Schneider, on Bunnie Xo's 'Dumb Blonde' podcast, she exclusively tells PEOPLE "I never in a million years thought that that was going to go viral.

The "Ex's and Oh's" singer also told People magazine that she was "not trying to hurt" her father with recent remarks about her childhood trauma

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After opening up about her difficult relationship with her father, Rob Schneider, Elle King has now reportedly claimed that her intention was not to “hurt” him. She told People, “I never in a million years thought that that was going to go viral. I was just speaking about my childhood and about my truth.”

Elle King says she wasn't 'trying to hurt' her famous dad with her viral comments, but she doesn't regret them, for one important reason.

Elle King insisted she wasn't "trying to hurt" her father, Rob Schneider, with her comments about her childhood. The 35-year-old singer recently caused a stir when she told how the comic had sent her to "fat camp" as a child,

Country singer Elle King admitted she "was not trying to hurt" her famous comedian father, Rob Schneider, by speaking about her own childhood experiences.