After disagreements over her appearance on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Tulisa Contostavlos' friend has told detractors to pipe down.The 36-year-old singer, formerly of N-Dubz fame, received a plethora of harsh remarks and concerns from viewers perplexed by her altered look, many not aware she's been largely out of the limelight in recent years.Coming to Tulisa's defence, her companion shared details about her health struggles during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine on Wednesday.Discussing the star, Lorraine Kelly remarked, "Now look, we were talking about getting semi-permanent make-up to look like yourself.
A lot of people have been really nasty about Tulisa and saying, 'Oh, what has she done to her face and oh, she's had all this work done' when actually there is a reason, isn't there?
There's a reason for that." To this, Michelle responded, "She's been suffering a lot with her face. She also had cysts, and she's recently had them out.
So she had an operation where they had to go in and take cysts out. She's had a really terrible time," reports the Mirror.The talk turned to Bell's Palsy, with Lorraine commenting, "Bell's Palsy is a really scary thing.
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