Jane Leeves: 'I put on American accent in US'

Jane Leeves has admitted that she still fakes an American accent when out on the streets in the US.

The British Hot in Cleveland star, who made her name as ditzy maid Daphne on long-running sitcom Frasier, told Loose Women that after three decades in America, she still isn't accepted as a local.

"I've lived there longer than I've lived here. I don't feel like this is home anymore and I still feel like a foreigner there. They think I sound terribly English and people here think I sound American," she explained.

"I think it's the phrasing and various words. You go into a restaurant and you don't want people making an issue, so you [put the accent on]."

Earlier this year, Leeves and Wendie Malick revealed that Hot in Cleveland co-star and veteran comedienne Betty White lives off junk food, despite being renowned for her youthful appearance and energy at 89.