Jamelia has banged Nicole Richie condemning her of being a awful role model for young girls. The singer is appalled at how skinny celebrities are glamourised in the media - and can't understand why anyone would aspire to be stick-thin. 'People like Nicole are hyped as being stylish but they're emaciated. Why would anyone want to look like that?' she asks. Of course, Nicole is now pregnant and filling out a little but Jamelia says she almost burst into tears when her 6-year-old daughter Teja complained of being overweight after watching a programme on skinny stars.
'These girls don't realise the sort of message they're sending out to kids,' Jamelia, 26, tells Sunday. 'You shouldn't deprive yourself – I have a bit of chocolate cake if I want it. If I didn't and got knocked down a bus tomorrow, I'd regret it.'