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"LeAnn Rimes has said that she was &amp;quot;fat&amp;quot; when she was younger.  The country star has been the centre of controversy since she was photographed looking &amp;quot;scarily skinny&amp;quot; in early 2011, though she has insisted that her weight loss was a &amp;quot;natural process&amp;quot;.  Appearing on Chelsea Lately, Rimes again confronted rumours that her new, slim figure was the result of an eating disorder or other unnatural methods, claiming that &amp;quot;baby fat&amp;quot; was behind her former figure.  &amp;quot;I was a baby. You&amp;#039;ve known me since I was 13. I was fat. Baby fat... and then, I grew up,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m about to hit 30 this year. I heard it&amp;#039;s all downhill from there.&amp;quot; Rimes was also questioned about the fact that she and husband Eddie Cibrian are heavily photographed by the paparazzi, with Rimes often pictured wearing a bikini.  &amp;quot;I am on the damn beach, for God&amp;#039;s sake... they follow us everywhere, it&amp;#039;s quite annoying. I&amp;#039;m annoyed with myself, to be honest,&amp;quot; she said. Rimes has previously confessed that she is hurt by criticism about her body.  Watch LeAnn Rimes on Chelsea Lately below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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