London, Nov 22 : Actress-singer Billie Piper has been praised by animal rights campaigners after she declared her repentance at abusing stray pets when she was a child.

The Secret Diary of a Call Girl star has admitted to targeting animals in streets near her childhood home and `launching' them through the air for entertainment and wished she could change her past.

London, Feb 5: Billie Piper has admitted that she becomes desperate for a shower after filming sex scenes for `Secret Diary Of A Call Girl'.

"There is a part of me that thinks: ''I have to go home and feed my son now, and I''m going to need several showers before that. And a lot of praying," The Sun''s Buzz magazine quoted her as saying.

London, Sep 5 : Actress Billie Piper was recently pictured leaning on a lamppost wearing high heels for her TV role as a call girl.

Heavily-dolled-up, Piper was back as escort Belle de Jour to film the final series of ITV''s Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

The 27-year-old actress drew admiring glances from passers-by on a busy London street as she leaned into cars pretending to punt for business.

London, July 18 : Actress Billie Piper has revealed that her boobs are her favourite part of her body.

The star, 27, also admitted that she once thought of getting a boob job, but eventually dropped the idea.

"They''re my favourite part of my body. I did consider getting bigger ones, but I''m so glad I didn''t. I was amazed they got so big in pregnancy. They''re smaller now, but still sexy," New Of The World quoted her as saying.

London, Jan 28 : Actress Billie Piper has barred her husband from watching the new series of ‘Secret Diary’ as it''s too racy.

The 27-year-old actress, who plays high-class hooker Belle du Jour in the ITV show, believes that the sex scenes are so X-rated she’s too embarrassed to let her hubby Laurence Fox, 31, see them.

“I don’t want him to watch. That would just be too weird,” the Daily Star quoted Piper as saying.

London, Jan 19 : Actress Billie Piper regretted signing up for third series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl as she had to go on a drastic dieting regime to shed her baby weight that just weeks after giving birth to her son.

The 27-year-old actress, who portrays real-life escort girl Belle de Jour in the hit TV show - gave birth to son Winston in October 2008, her first child with husband Laurence Fox.

But since Piper was due to get back to the show she was forced to give up all her favourite sweet treats in a bid to regain her pre-pregnancy figure.

Washington, Jan 18 : Billie Piper has revealed that she uses a foot double when filming scenes for her raunchy TV show ''Secret Diary Of A Call Girl'' because she finds them ‘vulgar’.

The 27-year-old actress, who plays a high class London prostitute in the UK TV drama, refuses to let her toes be filmed for the programme, because she hates them.

"I hate my feet. They''re my least favourite thing in the world,” Contactmusic quoted Piper as saying.

“They''re really crammed into my adorable shoes. They''re so vulgar, and looking at them now makes me want to cry," she added. (ANI)

London, Jan 15 : Actress Billie Piper says that playing high-class hooker in hit TV show, ‘Secret Diary Of A Call Girl’ makes her feel dirty.

The 27-year-old star always jumps in the shower when she finishes filming scenes for TV show where she portrays real-life escort girl Belle de Jour and then attends to her 15-month-old son Winston.

London, January 12 : Actress Billie Piper has admitted she feels uncomfortable watching herself nude on screen.

The beauty has done sex scenes in ‘The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl’ with her actor husband Laurence Fox.

“I wouldn’t watch it with my dad or brother, either. I have selective memory loss when it’s on!” the Mirror quoted her as telling Closer magazine.

London, Jan 4 : Singer-actress Billie Piper says that sometimes people actually believe she is a prostitute after watching her play Belle de Jour in the popular TV series Secret Diary of A Call Girl.

The 27-year-old beauty revealed that some locals in West Sussex, where she lives with hubby Laurence Fox, look at her suspiciously.

London, Sept 16 : English actress Billie Piper has revealed that being pregnant has turned her into a fierce driver.

The 25-year-old actress, who’s expecting her first child with actor hubby Laurence Fox said that she has been flying into road rages ever since falling pregnant.

“My road rage is off the scale,” The Sun quoted Piper, as saying.

London, Sept 4 : English actress Billie Piper, pregnant with her first child, is pleased to have a cleavage after years of complaining she was flat-chested.

“I’m surprisingly chilled about my body changing, I think it’s because I can’t do anything about it. I often see myself in the mirror and laugh,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

London, Sept 2 : English actress Billie Piper, 25, has revealed that she found it very difficult to play a call girl in her raunchy new drama, as she was feeling hungry all the time.

Piper, who is pregnant and expecting her first baby next month, still strips for her role in the ITV2 hit ‘Secret Diary Of A Call Girl’, but the only thing she can think about throughout the filming, is her grumbling stomach.

London, Aug 21 : English actress Billie Piper has performed a sizzling striptease in the back of a limo for her new series of ITV2 drama.

Piper, who is playing the part of a hooker, could be seen shrugging off her jeans and top in an ad for the film ‘The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl’, reported the Sun.

The 25-year-old ‘Dr. Who’ star was seen stripping down to her black undies as she provocatively coats her lips with gloss in the saucy limo-scene.

London, Aug 4 : Former pop singer Billie Piper, 25, has revealed that she has shot her sexiest ‘fetish’ sex scene ever for the second series of ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’.

She says that her character Belle de Jour offers fetish sex in the new series.

“There are some very unusual fetishes coming up. As long as they’ve got the right money, Belle will make anyone’s fantasy come true for them,” British tabloid The Sun quoted her as saying.

London, Jun 24: English actress and pop singer Billie Piper thinks she has blown her chance to be in Hollywood after she went topless in a role as a high-class hooker.

Piper’s steamy scenes in ITV’s ‘Diary Of A Call Girl’ have pulled in record viewing figures in the US, but the 25-year-old Dr Who star, fears she went too far for Americans.

“Someone said the other day, rather viciously, ‘What A-list stars get their t**s out?’” The Sun quoted her as revealing.

London, June 23 : Billie Piper has posed inside a champagne glass to promote her saucy TV series ‘Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.’

The pic has been displayed all over billboards and buses in the US for the Stateside launch of the show, reports the Sun.

And the promotion has paid off, for the show is now the No 1 programme on the Showtime channel.

Nov 30: American actress Billie Piper is all set for a second innings of the saucy series ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ and has reportedly signed on to reprise her award-winning role as the feisty Rose Tyler.

Adapted from the Belle de Jour book and blog, Secret Diary of a Call Girl could also be shown in the US, which could make ‘Doctor Who’ actress Piper a star there.

The new series will see Belle's life get more complicated as she meets new characters.

London, Nov 20: Billie Piper series ‘Secret Diary Of A Call Girl’ has made it to the nominations for an adult film award.

The ITV2 show is the only mainstream production to be nominated for the Best Soft Core Production as part of the UK Adult Film and Television Awards.

The English star played a high-class prostitute in the adaptation of Belle de Jour's confessional book, which began life as an anonymous blog.

The awards chairman Phil Black commended Piper for her "brave" performance.

London, Sept 30 : Actress Billie Piper might walk down the aisle on the New Year's Eve.

Piper had been desperately trying to keep her wedding plans with actor Laurence Fox a secret, but one of her chums has revealed that the major event is going to be on the New Year’s Eve.

"The cat's out of the bag. Billie had to announce the date because her friends were making plans for New Year's Eve," the Daily Mail quoted a chum, as saying.