Red Moon
20-11-2007, 02:11 PM
What's Posh famous for? Absolutely nothing, says slimmed down Lily AllenThe list of celebrities to have felt her wrath is almost endless.
From Bob Geldof to Paris Hilton, Kylie Minogue to Amy Winehouse, pop star Lily Allen has had an opinion on them all – and usually not a favourable one.
The bad girl has now cleaned up her act and claims she no longer needs to bitch.
But in an interview with The Mail on Sunday's You magazine, she could not resist one more dig at Victoria Beckham.
Lily, 22, who shot to fame when her single Smile went to No1 last summer, criticised Posh Spice's obsession with fame.
And as she revealed a glamorous new look of her own, Lily accused Victoria of revelling in being famous for no reason.
Lily, whose father is actor Keith Allen, said: "It does make me laugh to see pictures of Victoria Beckham on the front of a magazine.
"I think, 'You are not promoting anything, you don't need the money, so all it's about is being famous.'
"And I can never imagine my life being about being famous. I make music, that's what I am here for. I would never go out and court publicity. I am in such a good place, it wouldn't occur to me."
Lily has ditched her summer dresses and trainers for a more sophisticated style and her outlook has changed – so that she feels sorry for celebrities she used to lambast.
She said: "As I am happier, I can't bring myself to bitch. I find myself jumping to people's defence. I saw Paris Hilton on the David Letterman show and I was like, 'Why is he so horrible to her?'
Lily even called a truce in her long-running feuds with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole and Peaches Geldof. She said: "I can't think what 'Cherylgate' was about – what a waste of time.
Cheryl Cole? Who is she? Just someone from a manufactured band, whereas I write and perform my own music.
"Things are fine between me and Peaches now too: I feel sorry for her, she is a poor little rich girl."
But Lily is worried about the example set by Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan.
She said: "I don't understand it. Why would you want to look up to them? What happened to mothers, sisters and aunts as role models?"
Lily, who split with her boyfriend of two-and-a-half years, Seb Chew, in August, is rumoured to be seeing Ed Simons. The Chemical Brothers star is 15 years her senior.
But she was coy about putting her newfound happiness down to love, saying: "That's not what makes me happy – you never base your happiness on another person.
" Yes, maybe sometimes it helps with your confidence. But it hasn't been long. The happiness started before that."
One thing Lily is happy to talk about is the love for family – her actor brother Alfie, 21, who recently starred in Atonement, mother Alison, a film producer, and her father.
She added: "I always longed to be in a family like the Waltons, but we are more like the Redgraves."
Source: Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=491588&in_page_id=1773)
From Bob Geldof to Paris Hilton, Kylie Minogue to Amy Winehouse, pop star Lily Allen has had an opinion on them all – and usually not a favourable one.
The bad girl has now cleaned up her act and claims she no longer needs to bitch.
But in an interview with The Mail on Sunday's You magazine, she could not resist one more dig at Victoria Beckham.
Lily, 22, who shot to fame when her single Smile went to No1 last summer, criticised Posh Spice's obsession with fame.
And as she revealed a glamorous new look of her own, Lily accused Victoria of revelling in being famous for no reason.
Lily, whose father is actor Keith Allen, said: "It does make me laugh to see pictures of Victoria Beckham on the front of a magazine.
"I think, 'You are not promoting anything, you don't need the money, so all it's about is being famous.'
"And I can never imagine my life being about being famous. I make music, that's what I am here for. I would never go out and court publicity. I am in such a good place, it wouldn't occur to me."
Lily has ditched her summer dresses and trainers for a more sophisticated style and her outlook has changed – so that she feels sorry for celebrities she used to lambast.
She said: "As I am happier, I can't bring myself to bitch. I find myself jumping to people's defence. I saw Paris Hilton on the David Letterman show and I was like, 'Why is he so horrible to her?'
Lily even called a truce in her long-running feuds with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole and Peaches Geldof. She said: "I can't think what 'Cherylgate' was about – what a waste of time.
Cheryl Cole? Who is she? Just someone from a manufactured band, whereas I write and perform my own music.
"Things are fine between me and Peaches now too: I feel sorry for her, she is a poor little rich girl."
But Lily is worried about the example set by Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan.
She said: "I don't understand it. Why would you want to look up to them? What happened to mothers, sisters and aunts as role models?"
Lily, who split with her boyfriend of two-and-a-half years, Seb Chew, in August, is rumoured to be seeing Ed Simons. The Chemical Brothers star is 15 years her senior.
But she was coy about putting her newfound happiness down to love, saying: "That's not what makes me happy – you never base your happiness on another person.
" Yes, maybe sometimes it helps with your confidence. But it hasn't been long. The happiness started before that."
One thing Lily is happy to talk about is the love for family – her actor brother Alfie, 21, who recently starred in Atonement, mother Alison, a film producer, and her father.
She added: "I always longed to be in a family like the Waltons, but we are more like the Redgraves."
Source: Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=491588&in_page_id=1773)