--- title: Kelis Has Never Made a Milkshake, Everything Is a Lie description: In an interview with The Guardian, singer-turned-chef Kelis revealed that she's never made a milkshake. canonical: https://time.com/4346386/kelis-has-never-made-a-milkshake/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-24T16:43:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:40.162Z og:title: Apparently, Kelis Has Never Made a Milkshake og:description: Everything you know is a lie og:url: https://time.com/4346386/kelis-has-never-made-a-milkshake/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Apparently, Kelis Has Never Made a Milkshake twitter:description: Everything you know is a lie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Apparently, Kelis Has Never Made a Milkshake > Sponsored content. 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If you need a reminder on why this song was great, here’s a refresher, complete with a lesson from Kelis on how to eat a cherry seductively and a nice little cameo by [Kelis’ former boo, Nas](http://time.com/3637544/nas-south-africa-racism/). In the 13 years since “Milkshake” was released, Kelis put her musical career on pause, became a certified chef by way of Le Cordon Bleu, and has released a cookbook entitled, _My Life on a Plate: Recipes From Around the World_. Despite her bossy new culinary prowess, however, one thing Kelis won’t be serving is the very drink that launched her career. When asked by the [_Guardian_ ](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/23/kelis-i-never-made-a-milkshake-forgotten-fields-kendal-calling)what would go in a “Kelis milkshake,” the singer-turned-chef revealed, “I don’t think I’ve ever made a milkshake.” She did, however, concede that she makes a mean smoothie — but do you think boys would really come to someone’s yard for a smoothie instead of a milkshake? Mmmhmm. 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