Little Boots sick of "fat" jibes

LITTLE BOOTS has admitted that recent remarks about her weight were "really difficult" to deal with.

The singer, real name Victoria Hesketh, spoke out after she was called "fat" online last month.

She wrote on her Twitter page: "ok getting really bored of people calling me fat online now... diet started yesterday, you don't have to rub it in."

Speaking to BBC Radio One's Newsbeat, she said she finds it hard dealing with the hurtful comments.

She said: "It is really difficult. I guess just doing this job you become used to it whether it's on the internet or in the papers, people saying things which simply aren't true about you.

"I think the internet is just a place where if you make yourself known publicly on it you're going to be open to people's opinions.

"You've just got to be quite hard-skinned about it and try not to worry if someone says you're fat or ugly or untalented - which they do."

And she admitted that it is easier to just try and put up with what's written about her.

She added: "I guess you can go online and defend yourself but it feels like you're sinking to their level and rising to their bait that way.

"So sometimes it's actually worse to respond when you read things which you know aren't true about you but you have to swallow them really."