Joely RichardsonJoely RichardsonJoely Richardson has hit back at claims she's too thin.

In a frank interview, she's given, the well, skinny.

Talking to Grazia magazine, Joely said: "All this negative attention has got ridiculous."

She's referring to the buzz around pictures of her looking skinny at a recent Cartier event in London.

She went on, saying: "I took a bad picture but, believe me, there is absolutely nothing wrong with me."

Joely explained that any new skinniness was not intentional.

She told the mag: "I had terrible flu combined with a hernia operation that really took it out of me. I seemed to be not very well for months and it did take its toll."

"It was partly because of the hernia op that I had a real desire to be fit and healthy, so since the summer I've been following a very good diet and that's caused me to lose weight naturally.

"A dietician made comments in a magazine about how thin I looked, saying I ought to weigh 9st 3lb, but that's actually what I do weigh.

"Ideally, I want to put on another half stone. I'm not trying to fit into some size 0 ideal, it just so happens I was ill and I lost weight."

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