Her decision was eventually prompted in 2003, at the age of forty-five, when she took part in the second series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, after which she received unfavourable media coverage referring to her appearance, particularly a derogatory comment by Jonathan Ross on his BBC Radio 2 show.

[1] Graphic descriptions of the procedure as well as photos of the singer's recovery were included in the book.

Excerpts from the book were published in The Daily Telegraph in the lead-up to its official release.

[5] A negative opinion in The Guardian found it "galling for such an admirable woman to be setting such a bad example to the sisterhood".

[6] Despite the controversy, the book reached the top 10 in many booksellers' lists, including Waterstones.