Monday December 8, 2008

Lily Allen has jumped to the defense of her showbiz pal Amy Winehouse – insisting the troubled star is misrepresented by the media.

Lily – who is due to release her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, in February 2009 – says the Rehab hitmaker is very different in real life.

She explains, “Yes, she does get out of her mind on drugs sometimes, but she is also a very clever, intelligent, witty, funny person who can hold it together.

“I mean, there aren’t that many people with whom the press concentrate on their personality so much.

“I think in the UK, as far as females go, it’s mainly me and her that get that treatment. She gets it more than I do. But I don’t see it that much with other people.”