Pushing Daisies star Anna Friel denies reports that claimed she was desperate to lose post-baby weight after the birth of daughter Gracie Ellen Mary in July 2005.

"My whole family is quite petite so I have good genes on my side," Anna told Celebs on Sunday. "But I find it quite tiresome that we have to keep talking about sizes and how much weight we can lose. I was just disciplined. I knew I had to get back into shape after six weeks for the film Goal II, but I cheated in the end - I wore a corset."

"I've been labelled an irresponsible role model for young mothers, but none of it is true," she continued. "I couldn't even walk for two weeks after the birth, let alone exercise. I ate very healthily all the way through my pregnancy and afterwards. I didn't do anything extreme. There were reports of me using fat-sucking machines and all sorts of silliness. All I did was walk a lot and breast-feed."

See that's where I went wrong.  All I did was utilize my license to eat when I was pregnant, and then sit on my ass and breast-feed afterwards.  Damn!