ALLEN CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST U.K. TABLOID

Last updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

ALLEN CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST U.K. TABLOID

Pop star LILY ALLEN is set to take legal action against a British newspaper - after it published a story stating she had urged children to dabble with illegal drugs in a foreign magazine interview.

LILY ALLEN

Britain's News of the World reported the Smile singer told Dutch magazine Revu that parents should encourage their offspring to try drugs to see how they reacted to them.

According to the publication, the translated interview saw Allen state, "Parents should say, 'Drugs might seem fun but they do funny things to your brain. Some people react to it good, some don't. Try it and see what you think.' If I hadn't been famous I'd have taken loads. Wouldn't be too wise right now."

The alleged comments came just weeks after the star was forced to issue a statement condemning drugs after she was quoted as saying the issue is "sensationalised" and that she knows people who "take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work everyday, no problem".

Now, the star is seemingly considering taking legal action against the News Of The World for its take on the interview, refuting she ever made the comments.

She writes on her Twitter blog, "Phoning my lawyers and taking legal action, news of the world need a better dutch translator, as if I would say that (about drugs). And they know it..."

Source: WENN

| Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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