Natalie Imbruglia was 'so body dysmorphic' filming Torn music video

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Natalie Imbruglia wore army pants in the 'Torn' music video because she was “so body dysmorphic and insecure” back then. The 47-year-old pop star has revealed she refused to wear a dress in the promo for her 1999 hit because she didn't want to show off her body shape.

She told The Independent: “The army pants weren’t even cool army pants – they weren’t in fashion or anything. “My intention in wearing that was so that you couldn’t see my silhouette, because I didn’t want anyone to see.

But it ended up that there was a power in that because it was like [seen as] androgyny cool. But it really came from a place of ‘thank god I don’t have to wear a dress!’” The Australian-British star - who played Beth Brennan in soap opera 'Neighbours' - also had insecurities about her music career and got into a lot of debt pursuing her dream.

She recalled: “I couldn’t get a work permit and I couldn’t get jobs. “When I signed my record deal, my UK visa was about to run out and I owed two grand to my landlord. ” Opening up about where her impostor syndrome stemmed from, she said: “I had grown up as a stage-school kid – I was a trained performer. “But in some ways, that felt a little bit cheesy compared to what I was trying to do [as an artist].