COURTNEY LOVE - LOVE DEFENDS WEIGHT GAIN

Reformed rocker COURTNEY LOVE has lashed out at critics of her recent weight gain, insisting her drug addiction was the reason behind her previously skinny frame.

The former HOLE frontwoman is finally sober after years of drug problems and is happy with her fuller figure, because it means she is now healthy, reports the New York Daily News.

Love says, "I was really, really thin because of what I was doing."

Love alluded to teen Hollywood stars who are currently under scrutiny by the media over their increasingly gaunt appearance.

She explains, "When all these little teenyboppers finally go into rehab, they're going to get fat, too."