'Ugly Betty' star shocked by press interest

Ugly Betty star America Ferrera is struggling to come to terms with the tabloid interest in her personal life since the show became a huge hit last year.

The actress was shocked when reports claimed that her boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams had proposed earlier this year and she had to spend days setting the record straight.

She explained: "His mum called me and my sisters were calling me, and I was like 'Are you kidding? Did you not think I would tell you first?'

"Then I put out a statement that it wasn't true, and that became a whole news story. So now it's news when something doesn't happen?"