James Blunt Says 'Pressure' To Be 'Thin' Contributed To Carrie Fisher's Death

The “You’re Beautiful” singer, who was close with Fisher, said she began “using drugs again” when she reprised her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.”

James Blunt is shedding new light on what his close friend Carrie Fisher was going through right before her 2016 death.

The British “You’re Beautiful” singer spoke about the “Star Wars” alum — who he refers to as his “American mother” in his bio on his official website — during a recent appearance at the Hay Festival in Wales while promoting his memoir, “Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story,” the Independent reports.

According to the outlet, Blunt told the audience that Fisher was pushed to drastically change her appearance after she was asked to reprise her iconic role of Princess Leia in a new trilogy of “Star Wars” films.

Fisher was set to play the character again in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which was released after her death in 2017.

“I was with her the day before she died, when she came down to my house,” Blunt told the audience, per the Independent. “And she’d been really mistreating her body.”