MOORE IRRITATED BY SURGERY REPORTS

Actress Demi Moore can't bear to read stories which accuse her of spending thousands of dollars on cosmetic surgery, because the speculation "hurts" her feelings.

The Ghost star is frequently claimed to have paid more than $300,000 for procedures to keep her face and figure looking toned and youthful.

She admits undergoing some surgery in the past but insists the amount is exaggerated.

She tells Britain's Elle magazine, "I have had something done but it's not on my face. It (the speculation) feels like schoolyard name-calling a lot of the time. It hurts. You know what? Maybe one day I'll go under the knife. It just irritates me that people are constantly saying how much I've spent on plastic surgery."

But Moore insists she's happier than ever with her physical appearance - after she finally learned to stop obsessing about being thin.

She adds, "I had an extreme obsession with my body. I made it a measure of my own value. I tried to dominate it, which I did, and I changed it multiple times over. But it never lasted and ultimately it didn't bring me anything but temporary happiness. Does being thin resolve anything? No. The irony is that when I abandoned that desire to dominate my body, it actually became the body that I'd always wanted.

"But it only happened when I stopped trying to control it. At the end of the day, this kind of obsession is pointless and meaningless."