Claudia: "I'm Not Pregnant"

If you haven't read Claudia Winkleman's column in The Independent, you really should start. It's always very funny.

This week she talks about being asked to do a 'natural' shoot for Heat with no make-up. Can you imagine Claudia without her strong eyes and nude lips?

She spoke to a few people to see if they thought you should do it:

Strictly Come Dancing Producer: Is this true, this rumour?
Me: I'm not pregnant.
Producer: Not that one. But sometimes you do look it – you have to admit. You know, from the side.
Me: Well, I promise I'm not.
Producer: Not that rumour. No, the one about you, uh, having your photograph taken with no Photoshop at the end.

Too funny. I do have an obsession with Claudia's belly and spend most of the series looking to see if it's getting bigger. It's not like she looks pregnant (except in one dress one time on Fame Academy in 2007). I just always wonder...

Claudia shouldn't be offended. I spent the Strictly tour convincing myself Zoe Ball was pregnant. I wasn't right there either. I had a case, though. Mysterious time off. Missing lifts. A new shrug which I told myself was hiding the fact her dress would no longer do up. An easy mistake, surely.

And yet I didn't notice Kate Thornton was pregnant until it was obvious.

What is wrong with me?