HILARY DUFF - DUFF: 'BRITNEY HAS NO EXCUSE'

Actress/singer HILARY DUFF has slammed tabloid fixtures like BRITNEY SPEARS and LINDSAY LOHAN for their reckless behaviour, insisting the pressures of showbiz is "no excuse". The 20-year-old - who credits her mother for keeping her level-headed - is unsympathetic to Hollywood party girls, who she says court the media. She says, "I don't look at them and think 'that could have been me' because I'm me and I'm not like that. But you never know why that is. I know that it can be really hard and there's lots of pressure with everyone watching you. But I don't think that excuses some behaviour."