Why? She's dropped a few kilos and now claims she "doesn't have a bad thing to say about anyone", but getting skinny doesn't seem to have removed Ms Allen's foot from her mouth.

So, imagine how happy the average worker for a global telecommunications giant (in this case, Nokia) would have been to hear Ms Mouthy - performing at the company's Christmas bash - tell the crowd, "I'm getting paid for this more than any other gig and I'm singing worse than any other gig."

Earning Dhs870,000 for her 40-minute set, Lily rubbed it in further by declaring, "That's the most money I've ever made in the shortest space of time... and my voice isn't too strong at the moment."

Yeah, cheers for that.