The 31-year-old singer and actress is one of the best-connected celebrities in Hollywood - counting the likes of Taylor Swift and Zendaya as friends. But the star says she has to be selective over who she allows into her in-crowd as she fears those of the fairer sex are too "cool" and "competitive". Blowing off to Time, she said, "It's a cliché, but girls are mean. It's a very weird competition, being in the cool girls area - and then I'm just kind of like, there."