Lily Allen has spoken at length about the "Botoxed idiots" in showbiz and how she felt alienated in the industry when she became pregnant.

The singer made her musical comeback in 2013 after a number of years out of action as she started to have a family.

Speaking to Esquire, the 'Hard Out Here' star admitted that she grew weary of back-stabbing showbiz types who seemingly distanced themselves from a pregnant Allen.

She said: "I thought the people in that showbiz circle were my friends, but almost the second I got pregnant and I wasn't able to go out and party, they were suddenly quite nasty. There's a way that those people survive, and it's not by being nice. The way they make themselves feel powerful is to ostracise other people. I feel blessed to be able to recognise that but at the same time it can still feel pretty s**t when you walk into a room full of people and you can feel the eyes looking at you and people laughing.

"It's hard for me because I will eternally feel like that little bullied girl at school, because that's what I was. I feel like when I was growing up and dreaming of being a popstar, it was the days of Britpop when things felt authentic and anarchic, and people were taking drugs and having a lot of fun and having sex with each other and it wasn't fake, it was real. So excuse me if I found it a bit disappointing when I arrived and it was a bunch of sterile f**king Botoxed idiots that stank of desperation."