Becki Newton wanted to call Victoria Beckham a slut

Ugly Better star Becki Newton, who, when walking down the streets of New York, is often greeted with fans  yelling out 'Bitch!' claims she doesn't mind the 'insults' one bit.

She told Britain's Now Magazine: 'All the abuse just means I'm doing my job properly,' says Becki, who plays Mode magazine's acid-tongued receptionist Amanda in Ugly Betty.

'I couldn't wait for Victoria Beckham to come into the show. She plays one of creative director Wilhelmina Slater's bridesmaids. I really wanted Amanda to be so mad Posh is around that she'd call her a skinny slut!'

Becki told Now that she bases her Ugly Betty character on real-life fashionistas she's met in New York.

'These very over-the-top characters really do exist,' she insists.

'You don't meet them at the grocery store, but if you walk through the halls of somewhere like the Condé Nast building, where these magazines are based, you may well see clones of Amanda and Marc. It's frightening.'

The full interview with Becki Newton in this week's Now magazine, which is out now.