mandy moore

After her embarrassing episode with starf**ker DJ AM, Mandy seems to be trying a new angle at being a celeb: total honesty and self-humiliation. She lays it on thick in the new issue of Elle:

Is she a better singer or actress?

“I’m mediocre at both. I’m not trying to come across as self-deprecating. I’m just being honest.”

On her image as a teen pop star:

“I’m sure I was viewed as the young, untalented one. Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera had some great pop music. And then there was Jessica Simpson. And then there was me. And that’s fine.”

On her previous albums:

Moore has even called her previous albums “trite, blah pop music” – but she chalks it up to the foolishness of youth. “I’m sure other people look back at things they did when they were 15 and go, ‘Oh God.’ That’s how I feel about it. It’s embarrassing.”

On her body:

"Sometimes I feel fine. Sometimes I don’t feel so great. I’m a regular person. I’m not that thin. I’m okay with representing a different type that the normal Hollywood beauty ideal.”

Interesting approach. Wonder if Paris will follow her example?

                    paris hilton

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