
Houghton admitted to regularly using sunbeds and argued that she couldn't get a natural tan without going on holiday.
She said her divorce from Ordinary Boys singer Samuel Preston had knocked her confidence and that she uses extra make-up as a "barrier".
She told Heat: "I think it's all part of the cover-up for me at the moment. All the make-up is a barrier. I don't want to be orange, but I need to go on holiday to get a natural tan.
"I know I look really orange now, but I'd rather be orange than really pale."
Talking about her time with Preston, she added: "I wasn't allowed on a sunbed - and if I did, all hell would break loose. In the end, it was such an ordeal! I just didn't bother.
"I felt as if I wasn't allowed my make-up and my fake tan."
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