Ellen plans lie detector test for bragging Brittany

Comic-turned-chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is considering dragging Brittany Murphy and her mother onto her hit programme to give them a lie detector test about the actress' early speech skills.

Guests like Sharon Stone and Christina Ricci have poured scorn on Murphy's claims that she could talk at four months old, and now DeGeneres is keen to help the actress prove she's not lying.

Former MENSA student Stone, who is one of the cleverest actresses in Hollywood, insists Murphy is either talking about "baby talk" or she has a good imagination.

The Basic Instinct beauty recently suggested on DeGeneres' show: "That's why she's an actress - because she has an imagination."

But Ellen wants to give Murphy the chance to back her claims up and says: "We're gonna have her and her mother on and hook them up to lie detector tests."