Posted on 21st March 2009 12:00PM
Alexa Chung felt pressured to take up smoking during a recent trip to Paris.
The TV presenter was in the French capital for Paris Fashion Week and says so many people were indulging in the deadly habit, she wanted to join in.
She said: "Paris made me feel compelled to take up smoking. It seemed that everyone was at it. In dark corners of bars fag-wielding folk played games of cat-and-mouse with the sharp-suited bouncers who scurried after them and urged them to throw their addiction sticks to the floor. Amusing to watch, but I stank the next day."
Alexa, 25, also revealed she had an embarrassing incident at a party for designer Fendi after she had to be saved by the house DJ.
She said: "My hands trembled as my sweaty palms grappled with mix CDs I had previously compiled for a variety of DJ gigs, but not necessarily this one. My computer crashed hours before I was due at the party, so they were my only hope. None of the tracks seemed to fit. And the more I thought about this, the more I panicked.
"In an effort to help me out, the house DJ scratched his way over the top of a particularly pedestrian Shirelles track I was playing, I never knew a mix like that could happen, I'm not sure it should again. But I was grateful for his help."
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