Peaches Geldof blames weight loss on bird flu

Peaches Geldof has attributed her recent dramatic weight loss to a bout of bird flu.

The OMG host told the Evening Standard that she had managed to shed one-and-a-half stone partly as a result of a brush with the virus.

Geldof said: "I've lost weight. I've had avian flu."

However, the 22-year-old also denied that she wasn't eating properly, and took to Twitter to clear up speculation about her diet.

"To those telling me I look skinny and to eat something, I can assure you I've just cut out eating crap," she wrote. "I still eat like a horse, guys!

"All these 'Peaches Geldof: so skinny', 'Peaches Geldof's drastic weight loss' articles are becoming boring. I eat more healthily now. That's it."

She added: "Obviously I'm going to look thinner if I don't sit around eating pizza and chips. It's just how the body works. You are a product of what you eat."

Geldof was forced to deny reports that she participated in a five-in-a-bed orgy back in March.

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