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James Blunt says Star Wars bosses put pressure on Carrie Fisher to be thin before her death

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James Blunt has claimed that Carrie Fisher was “mistreating her body” before her death in 2016, due to Star Wars bosses putting “pressure on her to be thin”.

The “You’re Beautiful” singer, 50, was discussing his memoir Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story at Hay Festival, when he reminisced about his late friend Fisher, who died suddenly aged 60 in 2016.

Blunt and, while staying there.

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