Jesse McCartney sat down with Rap-Up.com to promote the re-release of his third CD, Departure.

Check out what he had to say:

On the inspiration behind his latest album, Departure: “The songs definitely have to do with a certain girl. Makes for good songwriting.”

On his eating habits: “I eat way too much junk food out on the road. I come back like 10 pounds heavier and out of shape. When I’m home, I try to eat healthy, try to take care…I love sushi. I like comfort food too. When I’m on the road, I’m eating pizza and chicken and all sorts of bad fried food. Fast food, the worst kind you can eat. When I’m home, I try to do a lot of cooking and I eat as healthy as I can.”

On teaming up with Toni Braxton: “I did a record for Toni Braxton called ‘My Ring’s Too Heavy.’ Three weeks later, Beyoncé came out with a record called ‘Single Ladies’ and it sort of has a hand and a ring theme behind it. No offense to Beyoncé, I think Toni’s is a little bit better in my opinion, but we’ll have to see what the charts do.”

I think that certain girl is Katie Cassidy. They dated for about four years. But recently, a few months ago, they broke up because Katie said Jesse was always away touring.