“You never hear the good things about taking cocaine…”

Lily Allen has sparked a cocaine-fueled public fury after claiming friends who use the highly-addictive drug can still manage to lead a normal life in her most controversial interview yet.

“I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem at all,” the star told The Sun this week. “But we never hear that side of the story. I have no statement to make, I just wish people wouldn’t sensationalize this thing that just exists.”

“The only story is that drugs are bad and they will kill you – you will become a prostitute, a rapist or a dealer. But that’s not true.”

Lily reveals that left out when those around her were doing it, but maintains she didn’t enjoy the experience of getting high.

“I felt like a lonely child, when everybody else was doing it and I wasn’t. That’s why I took cocaine when I didn’t even like it.”

Lily Allen releases her new single, “The Fear,” on January 26