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I'll only lose weight if it affects my sex life, Adele lashes out at critics

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Nov 09, 2012 01:55 PM IST

Singer Adele hit back at critics over her weight issues. The Grammy award winner said that she would only shed some kilos if it is affecting her sex life. The 24-year-old also made a statement saying...

Singer Adele hits back at critics over her weight issues. The Grammy award winner said that she would only shed some kilos if it is affecting her sex life. The 24-year-old also made a statement saying she is happy in her skin and doesn't take unflattering comments personally.

“I read a comment on YouTube that I thought would upset me — ‘Test pilot for pies’ — but I’ve always been fine with it. I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life, which it doesn’t", Adele told The Sun.

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Interestingly, Adele has written about this issue in her book Adele: The Biography. She also talks about her early years in the book, reports The Sun.

Singer Adele
Singer Adele

The Rolling In The Deep singer has been recently criticised by her fellow singer Lady Gaga, who called Adele bigger than herself. Also, earlier this year, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld said Adele is a little too fat. He later apologised.

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It is said to be a five-bedroom house and she will share the neighbourhood with singer Kylie Minogue and socialite Pippa Middleton, reports thsun.co.uk.

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''I am so in love, I have never felt this much emotion. I plan to spend the next six weeks in my pyjamas, everything I want is right here at home," contactmusic.com quoted Adele as saying.

"No nannies. I am going to be a hands-on mummy," said the 24-year-old, who who is engaged to charity worker Simon Konecki.

Adele gives birth to baby boy
Adele and her charity worker partner Simon Konecki welcomed their first child - a baby boy into the world last week, it has been revealed. The 24-year-old singer, who lives in a ten bedroom house with Konecki in West Sussex, revealed her excitement at becoming a mum on her website in June earlier this year.

“Adele and Simon are ecstatic at their new arrival,” the Mirror quoted a source close to her as saying.

“She was over the moon that they were expecting their first child together,” the source said.

Adele, Simon Konecki are secretly married?
Adele, who is a month away from welcoming her first child, is said to have married in secret.

The glowing mother-to-be was unmistakably sporting a gold band on her ring finger, while revealing her baby bump wearing a black maxi dress in London last month with fiance Simon Konecki.

“Adele and Simon managed to keep the baby news a secret for so long that there are rumours they’ve already gotten married, too,” the Daily Mail quoted a source as telling Life and Style magazine.

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Singer Adele who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki says being on the plump side never bothered her. "I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a plus size and so much bigger than other artists," thesun.co.uk quoted her as saying. "No matter what you look like the key is to be happy with yourself," she added.

Adele can't wait to become mommy
The Rolling In The Deep hitmaker had announced on her website in the month of June that she is expecting to start a family with Konecki, but she has not commented further since the news, reported Daily Star. But Konecki took to Twitter to share his excitement. “The baby is coming so soon. I’m very excited. Adele is doing well and we can’t wait,” he said.

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Adele, who recently announced that she is pregnant, may also be expecting a wedding as her boyfriend is reportedly planning to propose to her.

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"She has been playing the rhymes to her belly. It's so Adele can get her voice as close as possible to the baby, so it can hear as many soothing sounds as possible," thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

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(With additional inputs)



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