Lily Allen Tries to Shed Party Girl Image

Though she’s been just as famous for her crazy partying as for her music, Lily Allen hopes that all changes in the future. During a recent interview, she revealed that she’s tired of being known as a lush.

The “Smile” songstress (who has been dry since September 22nd) confessed, "I've become a character in a comic … and that character is always drunk! I wish my comic character wasn't that."

Along with ridding herself of alcohol, Lily is also going drug-free, at least for awhile. "I have no intention of taking drugs again at the moment. But I can't say 'never again,' because I don't know where I'll be in 10 years' time. And I will definitely drink in the future, just not for awhile."

Allen also talked about the harshness of public opinion and its toll on her self-image. "My mum always told me, 'You're beautiful, you're my beautiful little girl,' and then suddenly I wasn't. I read all the stuff that people were writing about me and I started to get a different view. I mean, I never thought I was supermodel or anything, but I didn’t think I was quite as unattractive as people were saying!”

And Lily says she’s not the only one being put through the ringer by press- close pal Amy Winehouse is also demonized in the media, when in real life she’s actually a great person. "[She’s] a very clever, intelligent, witty, funny person who can hold it together. You just don't see that side. She gets a really hard time."

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Enjoy the pictures of Lily Allen at the Target Women in Film and Television Awards (December 5).