Adele: 'I Do Have Body Image Problems, But I Don't Let Them Rule My Life '

Adele: 'I Do Have Body Image Problems, But I Don't Let Them Rule My Life'
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Adele has never been one to mince her words.

Now, the star has spoken candidly about body image, saying that there are bigger things to worry about in the world.

"I do have body image problems, for sure, but I don’t let them rule my life at all," she said during a listener Q&A with SiriusXM earlier this week.

“And there’s bigger issues going on in the world than how I feel about myself and stuff like that."

Speaking ahead of the release of her third album '25', the star added: "There’s only one of you, so why would you want to look like anyone else? Why would you want to have the same hair style as everyone else and have the same opinions as everybody else?"

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This isn't the first time the star, who has been out of the limelight for a few years, has given a sassy response to questions around body image.

In 2011, the singer told Rolling Stone magazine: "I've seen people where it rules their lives, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and how it wears them down. And I don't want that in my life. I have insecurities, of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me."

Later, in a television interview in 2012, Adele said she didn't feel pressure to look a certain way.

"I've never seen magazine covers or music videos and been like 'I need to look like that to be a success,'" Adele, then-23, toldAnderson Cooper on 60 Minutes. "I don't want to be some skinny mini with my tits out. I really don't want to do it and I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about."

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Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(01 of21)
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Winning an Oscar for 'Skyfall' (credit:Getty)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(02 of21)
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She was signed at 16, just three days after finishing school, all because one of her friends posted one of her performances on MySpace. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(03 of21)
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For making the cover of both the UK and US editions of fashion bible, Vogue (and not being a size 00). (credit:Vogue)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(04 of21)
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Having her very own waxwork created by Madame Tussauds in London. The completed figure is expected to be unveiled late 2013. (credit:AP)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(05 of21)
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Her famous friends. (credit:Getty Images)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(06 of21)
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Winning six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. (credit:Getty)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(07 of21)
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Her son, Angelo (well, at least we think that's the little blighter's name, Adele still hasn't confirmed what she's called him) (credit:Splash)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(08 of21)
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For owning the most fabulous collection of black designer dresses in the celeb universe. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(09 of21)
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Her refusal to be a size zero like the rest of celebland, saying: "I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life." (credit:AP)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(10 of21)
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Cracking the US with a double platinum debut album ('19') (credit:Getty Images)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(11 of21)
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For not giving a stuff what people think. (credit:Getty Images)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(12 of21)
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For not selling pictures of her baby son. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(13 of21)
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For not deserting the UK and moving to Lala land. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(14 of21)
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She is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time. (credit:Billboard)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(15 of21)
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Keeping her feet on the ground despite being the biggest selling female artist on the planet. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(16 of21)
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Being the first artist EVER to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(17 of21)
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Having her second album, '21' certified 16 times platinum in the UK. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(18 of21)
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Selling 26 million copies of her second album, '21' worldwide. (credit:Universal)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(19 of21)
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Winning a Golden Globe for 'Skyfall' (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(20 of21)
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Being named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(21 of21)
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Being the first living artist to achieve the feat of having two top 5 hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964. (credit:WENN)