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“I was acutely aware of some photos on the internet – my mum called me and was like, “Did you gain weight?” – everybody was telling me about it, and I didn’t really care. But when I heard it was on the news, where they talk about wars, the economy crashing and the election – I just thought, ‘This is f*cking ridiculous.’ I mean, what kind of example is that to a young girl sitting at home? I thought, well I don’t really care if they think I’m fat, because, quite honestly, I did gain about 30 pounds. Adele is bigger than me, how come nobody says anything about it? She’s so wonderful and I think her confidence is something I have to match. She has set the bar very high for a lot of women. I need to be a confident woman and just say politically active things when I can that are helpful to young people.”

Cool Chad Kroeger story of the day:

“There was a heat wave going on in Germany. In a back room in the venue where we were playing, there was an old fan with a metal blade… And we paid the drum tech… about 600 deutschmarks… (to) stick his johnson in the fan. He took the money… I can still hear the ‘bleh-bleh-blehhhhhhh’ of the blade slowly sputtering to a stop, and this blood-curdling scream. It was fantastic. Somebody has video footage of this somewhere that needs to be resurrected and shown at the guy’s next birthday party.”

Did I say “cool”? I meant “awful.”

A judge threw out the case between Sam Lutfi and Britney Spears (and her family) because he didn’t have enough evidence to prove anything.

Cee Lo Green‘s sexual battery case is getting crazier: the woman who is pressing charges says the singer drugged her with ecstasy before having sex with her and has some kind of recorded admission on tape.

Selena Gomez on life if she had stayed in Texas: “I’m terrified of what I would have become if I’d stayed there. I’m sure I’d have two children by now.”

Chace Crawford and Ashley Greene are supposedly back together. The pair dated in 2009.

OMG, this is the coolest: Adam West is listed in the phone book as Bruce Wayne and Batman.

Some awful person stole Amy Winehouse‘s wedding dress.

Alec Baldwin‘s wife Hilaira is a correspondent for Extra now.

Shia LeBeouf would like a cool $18 million to star in the next Transformers movie.

Martha Stewart is being criticized for sending a memo to her staff during the wake of Hurricane Sandy that she would be firing half of them soon.

Steven Tyler dropped the f-bomb on the Today Show.

Kyle Richards has three thrilling rules for shiny hair.

Russell Brand bought Katy Perry a bracelet for her birthday. That’s nice.

Khloe Kardashian Odom has an explanation for her X Factor nipslip: Hurricane Sandy.

Did Taylor Swift plagiarize some of Matt Nathanson‘s lyrics? Maybe.

Did Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley make fun of Taylor Swift’s latest breakup at the CMA’s? Definitely.

Michael Nouri was arrested for suspicion of domestic violence.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are down under.

Katy Perry‘s parents reeeeally dislike John Mayer are supposedly threatening to disown their daughter if she continues to date him.

Marissa Jaret Winokur lost 60 pounds.

Chris Brown‘s mother defended his dressing up as a “terrorist” for Halloween.

Big Ang‘s bar on Staten Island, The Drunken Monkey, made it through the stormand is accepting donations.