10:26AM Clem Bastow | You will have noticed that Lily Allen has been progressively shrinking these last few months, which wouldn’t raise an eyebrow normally in the world of celebrity were it not for her loudly announced opinions about celeb weight obsessions and her refusal to submit to whatever body shape and size is considered “in”.
Just as well, then, that she’s come out and said the reason for her slimmer form is not her various endorsement deals, nor public scrutiny, but rather health reasons.
We’ll believe it when her doctor backs her up publicly…
Lily, 22, revealed: “I found out I had a heart murmur about three months ago. I had switched doctors and just went for a routine check-up, which is when they discovered it.
“I have been asthmatic all my life, but this was really scary. When they asked me how much exercise I did, I had to be honest and say hardly any.”
The singer, who is dating Chemical Brother Ed Simons, went on: “I make sure I work out three times a week now, and I don’t hold back. It’s a hardcore routine and I’m usually in the gym for at least an hour-and-a-half.
“I used to love nothing more than sitting in front of the telly with two packets of Ginger Nuts and two bags of milk bottle sweets – and I’d devour the lot. But this heart thing has made me cut back on all that kind of crap.
“I now find that, because I am looking after myself, I don’t feel like eating the bad stuff so much.”
Sounds a bit like Avril Lavigne’s hilarious assertion about a year ago that the reason she used to be so emo was because of all the carbs and sugar she was downing on tour, but we’re inclined to give Lily some slack – at least she’s stressing the healthy stuff and not emphasising her size.
Now all she needs to do is boot the lagers and the jazz fags and she’ll be on a winner!
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