The 26-year-old admitted that, during her drugs trial, she wanted to make herself feel better, so decided to have cheek fillers - which are classed as non-surgical.

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But, following the collapse of the case, Tulisa was spotted looking very different, which sparked rumours of plastic surgery.

Speaking to Grazia, she said: “I looked really gaunt from the stress [of the trial]. I wanted to perk myself up a bit and I’d always wanted my lips done.

“But with the cheeks, I didn’t know that I suffered from water retention, and the first thing that fillers do is draw water to the area so it started swelling up.

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“The worst thing is that it would happen in the morning, so I would wake up like a blow fish when I was going to court. I’ve been having collagen waves to take them down.

"I haven’t had surgery, though. If I had, I’d just say.”

Tulisa also admitted that music was the only thing that got her through her ‘year from hell’, during which she was in court for ‘being concerned with the supply of Class A drugs’.

Speaking of her suicide attempt, Tulisa said: “It just hit me that night and I put myself in a stupid headspace and luckily Gareth [her PA] found me… I’d taken a load of pills and Gareth rang the ambulance.

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“It was, thank God, a failed attempt. The next day I woke up and said to Gareth, ‘Book me a studio session now.’ You have to break yourself down to rebuild yourself stronger.”