Tulisa believes her N-Dubz bandmate Dappy is an attention seeker.
The 'X Factor' judge was forced to put her cousin and fellow singer "in his place" when the pair were embroiled in a public argument on social networking site twitter recently, but the brunette beauty insists they are still friends.
She said: "Dappy just goes out looking for a bit of attention sometimes. He went on twitter ranting that I don't call him, trying to cause a stir, when actually it was the other way round. I put him in his place and he phoned me the next day!
"The thing with us is that we don't speak for six months and then we'll see each other and nothing's changed. It doesn't make a difference."
Despite her disagreement with Dappy, Tulisa - who was recently left devastated after X-rated footage of her and ex-boyfriend Justin Edwards, aka MC Ultra, was posted on the internet - admits she "misses the banter" with the rapper and her fellow N-Dubz bandmate and ex-boyfriend Fazer.
She added to Top of the Pops magazine: "I miss the banter! They make me laugh and I do miss it. Every day is a journey with those two, as you know."