New York, December 9 : Singer Lily Allen has said that she has been trying to sober up after having had had a string of drunken public instances.

The Brit songwriter, who had to be carried out of the Glamour Women of the Year Awards by her brother in June because she had had too much to drink, said that she had stayed away from the bottle since September this year.

Allen had further told Elton John onstage to "F--- off," while she was under the influence of champagne at the U. K. GQ Men of the Year Awards in September.

The pop star, however, revealed that she was trying to work out on a pose for paparazzi to put across her soberness.

Allen added that she was even keeping herself from blinking her eyes too much, should the camera catch her with her eyes half-closed.

"I look like a rabbit in the headlights ... But I''m just trying not to look (drunk)!" the New York Daily News quoted her as telling the Guardian. (ANI)