Lily Allen feels like a 'caged animal'

Lily Allen feels like a "caged animal".

The 23-year-old singer says the paparazzi make her feel trapped and sometimes she dreads going out.

Lily said: "Sometimes it makes you feel like a caged animal, being followed by 20 men with cameras all day. The second I walk out the door, it's like that."

'The Fear' singer took out her anger on one photographer after he drove into her car earlier this month, punching, kicking and throwing a water bottle at him.

An onlooker said: "The guy's car nudged Lily's and the next thing anyone knew she was out and flailing. She was punching and kicking. She certainly let him know what she thought of him."

Lily says the incident happened after she was chased by seven cars which even ran a red light to pursue her.

Following the altercation Lily got a court injunction to protect her.

She added: "Photographers are now not allowed to wait outside my house, follow me in cars, wait for me outside friends' houses, or my family's houses. Or take pictures of me with my friends and family. It cost me a lot of money but it's the best money I've ever spent. I'm very pleased and very grateful."