(CNN)Marilyn Manson is responding to claims he was abusive in previous relationships.

The singer took to his Instagram late Monday night and wrote, "Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality. My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth."