Fergie has revealed it was fun gaining weight for her role in Nine - she got to indulge while her co-stars had to keep to their strict diets.

The Black Eyed Peas star told Marie Claire magazine: “I put on 13lbs!

“I play an Italian woman who embraces her curves so the second I got the part, I was eating fish and chips and curry. I love naan bread.

“Kate Hudson and Nicole Kidman would have to eat their chicken salads with dressing on the side, while Penelope Cruz and I tucked into fried food with plates of pasta every day.”

But after filming finished at the end of last year, she had to rush to get back into shape for her wedding in January and is now more careful about things again: “I love wine but if I go out drinking, I see my trainer and therapist the next day.”