Lilly Allen has hit out at many of her celebrity peers calling them “botoxed idiots”.

The singer spoke frankly about her experiences with people in the entertainment industry in an interview with “Esquire” and revealed how she often felt as though she was being attacked by her peers.

"I'd had enough of people constantly hacking at me," she said. "And I think once you're exhausted physically and mentally, it does get you down."

"I thought the people in that showbiz circle were my friends, but almost the second I got pregnant and I wasn't able to go out and party, they were suddenly quite nasty.

"There's a way that those people survive, and it's not by being nice. The way they make themselves feel powerful is to ostracise other people.

"I feel blessed to be able to recognise that but at the same time it can still feel pretty s**t what you walk into a room full of people and you can feel the eyes looking at you and people laughing."

She went on to explain why she decided to take a step back from the industry.

"It's hard for me because I will eternally feel like that little bullied girl at school, because that's what I was.

"I feel like when I was growing up and dreaming of being a popstar, it was the days of Britpop when things felt authentic and anarchic, and people were taking drugs and having a lot of fun and having sex with each other and it wasn't fake, it was real.

"So excuse me if I found it a bit disappointing when I arrived and it was a bunch of sterile f**king Botoxed idiots that stank of desperation."