Joss Spoke Up Against Tongue Mockery

Joss Stone says people who mocked her US accent have personal problems. The Devon-born singer - who shocked people with her pronounced US drawl at the BRITs last month - says she doesn't understand why people criticised her accent.

Joss told Britain's Radio 1: "The sound of my voice and my accent doesn't mean anything. "If people have a problem with it - that's their own inner problem. "I've been in America since I was 14. That's why I sound the way I do." The 19-year-old 'Tell Me 'Bout It' singer insists she still has the right to moan about her job because singing is "hard work". She said: "Everyone moans about their job. I don't see why I'm not allowed to moan. "It's hard work and I'm tired and if I want to moan, I'll moan."

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