Feb 17, 2009 • 1 min read

Lily threatens to sue over drug quotes

Lily Allen has threatened legal action against the News Of The World over drug comments she says were mistranslated from a Dutch interview.

Lily Allen has threatened to sue the News Of The World for incorrectly translating something she said in a Dutch interview.

But, hey, I'm sure she gave the interview in English, and we've all tried translating something into another language and then back again with those online translators and it never works

This relates to the latest druggie comments accredited to Allen. As previously reported, the NOTW quoted Allen as saying: "Parents should say , 'Drugs might seem fun, but they do funny things to your brain. Some people react to it good, some don't. Try it and see what you think'".

In a post on Twitter, Allen said: "Phoning my lawyers and taking legal action, News Of The World need a better Dutch translator, as if I would say that. And they know it…"

She added later: "For the record, drugs are bad, don't do them, tell your children 'Lily Allen said'".

CMU's Dutch translator got quite excited at the prospect of this story, but we haven't been able to find the original interview for him to translate for us. Sorry Jurgen, you're just going to have to go back in your cupboard.

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