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Peaches Geldof: I'm not on drugs - marks on my arms are psoriasis

Sir Bob's daughter explains red scars

Peaches Geldof is happy with her new figure

Peaches Geldof has angrily denied suggestions that 'strange marks' on her arms could indicate she's been using heroin.

Bob Geldof's ­daughter, who's lost over a stone in recent months, was snapped at a ­Vivienne Westwood fashion party on Wednesday with the mystery scars.

'I'm not on drugs,' Peaches, 22, tells the Sunday Mirror.

'If people feel the need to validate my weight loss by saying I'm on drugs then shame on them.

'I've changed my diet and the way I live. That's it. The marks on my arms have been there since ­childhood. Check any picture - it's caused by a skin condition called ­psoriasis.

'The truth is I just didn't want to treat my body badly ­anymore. I got avian flu and that kick-started the change.'

In 2008,
Peaches admitted 'a bad experience' with drugs at her Camden home.

'It was nowhere near an overdose,' she insisted.

‘It was blown completely out of proportion. I never overdosed.
Drugs for me are something I don't normally meddle in.

'I have
tried drugs in my life, I'm not going to deny it, but I don't need to go to rehab because I never, and will never, have any sort of habit with drugs.

‘I've never smoked crack. I've had experiences with drugs - some good, some bad - and it's not something I want to pursue.'

Peaches' mother Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose in 2000.

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