Jessica Simpson eats insects for TV show

Insects may not normally be the food of choice for Jessica Simpson, but the star bravely tucked in as part of her new TV show.

Travelling the world for the programme The Price of Beauty, in search of the things that women do in order to look beautiful, Jessica headed to Thailand where she was given dead bugs to eat as it is believed that they help to speed up the metabolism.

But the singer clearly did not enjoy it, as she spat it out again straight away, saying that it was slimy in the middle and she could feel its legs.

During the rest of the programme in the Asian country, Jessica also tried having a very thorough Thai massage and visited a village where women wear gold hoops around their necks to make them longer.

One star who clearly does not need to take such drastic measures to stay looking trim in Charlotte Church, who has recently been flaunting her fabulous new figure and even wore PVC leggings when she appeared on This Morning.

C'ya Charlotte Lassiter