Controversial pop star Katy Perry has apologised for making a quip about British singer Lily Allen being overweight.

During a radio interview in the UK, Allen accused the singer of hit single I Kissed a Girl of calling her fat.

Allen claimed Perry was signed by her record label as an “American version” of her, and said she was “frosty” with Perry when she met her for the first time.

“When I met her I was a bit frosty with her because someone asked her to describe herself. She’s like, ‘Aha, I’m like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinner version of Lily Allen!’

“It’s like, you’re not English and you don’t write your own songs. Shut up!”

Perry told Usmagazine.com that the remarks were supposed to be a joke.

“Yeah, I made a joke about (it) earlier this year. I was just kind of joking and trying to be funny. I didn’t mean anything by it.

“Comedians are not necessarily to be taken super seriously.”

Lily Allen has recently lost almost 1st in weight and friends say it’s because she’s quit drinking.

‘Lily’s really turned her back on drink and drugs in favour of just chilling out with what she calls her “real pals”,’ a close friend tells Now.

‘Quitting drinking is the main reason she’s lost so much weight. Lily says she’ll always be a yo-yo dieter and there’s nothing she can do about it.

‘She looks great now, but the pressure to be slim and the focus on her weight really gets to her at times.’

Instead of partying, Lily, 23, is spending time with her mum Alison, dad Keith and brother Alfie, 22.

‘Part of her plan now is to stay close to her family,’ the friend adds.

‘Lily’s done a lot of growing up in the past few months.’

Please note that the following article may or may not be a rumour.

Lily Allen wants to become an actress.

Lily is presently preparing for the release of her second album ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ in February, but friends say she’s also been asking her father, actor Keith Allen, about pursuing a new career path.

A source close to Lily, 23, said: “She thinks it might get her out of the spotlight, which is what she has found hard to cope with, even though film or TV roles will hardly be low-profile. She says the next six months will be the most important of her life. She is getting some control back.”

In the past year, Lily suffered a miscarriage before splitting with her boyfriend, Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons.

Friends say Lily longs for stability in her life and is ready to move on from her painful past.

The source said: “Lily’s done a lot of growing up in the past few months. She says fame has stunted her as a human being and she’s determined to sort herself out.”

Lily’s brother, Alfie Allen, 22, is also an actor.

He appeared in ‘Atonement’ and took over from ‘Harry Potter’ actor Daniel Radcliffe in a touring theatre production of ‘Equus’.

Lily was seen out with Lindsay Lohan and her rumoured girlfriend Samantha Ronson on Thursday night, the 13th of November 2008. They were seen partying in a number of different famous London clubs, including the ‘best club in London’, club ‘Dolce’. Click the thumbnails below to see the pictures.

Stars including Leona Lewis, Hayden Panettiere and Lily Allen were among those honoured at the 2008 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York.

The Glamour magazine event, held in Manhattan on November 10, saw Lewis crowned best U.K. Solo Artist, while Heroes star Panettiere was hailed as Newcomer of the Year.

Other celebrities to receive a nod at the ceremony included actress Kate Beckinsale who was presented with the Best Film Actress award, supermodel Kate Moss, who was named Entrepreneur of the Year, and Mark Ronson, crowned Man of the Year.

The list of main winners is as follows:
Editor’s Special: Lily Allen
Newcomer: Hayden Panettiere
UK Solo Artist: Leona Lewis
International Musician: Beth Ditto
Entrepreneur: Kate Moss
TV Personality: Dannii Minogue
Writer: Cecelia Ahern
Comedy Actress: Joanna Page
Band: Spice Girls
Man of the Year: Mark Ronson
Inspiration: Annie Lennox
Film Actress: Kate Beckinsale.