Lavigne criticises attention-seeking stars

Avril Lavigne has blasted Hollywood's socialites for their "embarrassing" obsession with the paparazzi.

The singer insisted that she would feel "lame" and "cheesy" if she followed in their footsteps by tipping off photographers about her whereabouts.

"I think a lot of the Hollywood girls, I won't get into names, are obsessed with the paparazzi," Avril explained. "They call them or go to the Ivy [restaurant] so they'll be seen and followed for the rest of the day.

"I won't go shopping on Robertson Boulevard in LA, because it's so cheesy. I would feel lame. It's embarrassing."

Lavigne recently branded paparazzi photographers as "f***ing stalkers" for their treatment of Britney Spears.