NEW YORK:

Singer Lisa Marie Presley has announced she is expecting twins and is baring her baby bump in a photo spread for a fashion and lifestyle magazine. By posing for the September issue of Marie Claire, Presley says she’s getting back at people who posted unflattering photos of her early in her pregnancy and accused her of having a large, unhealthy appetite, reports People.com. Presley claims “the tabloids were going so far as to alter photos. I could never figure out why they went to all that trouble to make me look fat. “There are at least six other famous women pregnant right now who aren’t getting picked on. But they’re all over me. It’s like there is a campaign to demean me.

“You know what I think when I see those fat photos? I am not going to let them control me. I just let it all hang out. You want to look at me? Go ahead and look.” The singer, who is expected to give birth this autumn, has two teenage children - Riley, 19, and Benjamin, 15, with former husband Danny Keough. The twins are the first children for Presley and husband Michael Lockwood. — HNS