Beckinsale hurt by 'worst boobs' headline

English actress Kate Beckinsale is hurt by tabloid reports claiming her ample bosoms are surgically enhanced and been named "the ugliest in Hollywood".

The Van Helsing star has vehemently denied she has undergone cosmetic surgery and used Botox, and blames media attention surrounding the end of her long relationship with Michael Sheen last year on her racy new public image.

Beckinsale says: "After the split happened I found I had this much racier image to deal with and suddenly portrayed as a woman getting loads of plastic surgery and having sex with people.

"My husband Len (Wiseman) is always saying to me: 'Go in there and move your forehead so they can tell you you haven't had Botox.

"I read that I've got the 'Ugliest Breasts in Hollywood/Worst Boob Job'. A friend of mine kindly sent those cuttings. But I've not had a breast job. The moment those rumours started was when

people saw my stretch marks. I don't know how people think you can go from eight stone to over 12 stone when you're pregnant and not get them. I've got stretch-marks everywhere.

"But now it's: 'And she's had Botox and a facelift. It's a tragedy she's done so much to herself.'"