Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding has said she doesn’t like being portrayed in the media as a party girl because it worries her mum.

She told the Sun recently: “I don’t want to be known as a slapper or a p*sshead. I want people to see there’s more to me than just going out and getting trolleyed.”

“Last year .. I think I deserved it. But I’m not as bad this year. I have calmed down, I’m not always drunk like people think.”

“I can’t say I’m not a binge drinker. I do go out and drink and get photographed but I’m not always as wasted as people think. Sometimes I’m blinking because of all the camera flashes going off.”

“I’m no angel but surely I’m allowed to go out and have a good time occasionally.”

“My mum gets upset when she sees the pictures and reads about me. She rings me and gives me a hard time.

“It’s not fair on her because she doesn’t want to see me like that and she worries. She knows I’m here on my own in London and she just worries about the city’s party scene.”

“I haven’t got that kind of relationship with her where we speak every day, like some of the other girls. I speak to her every week or couple of weeks but I’ve always been fiercely independent.”