Ellie Goulding has said she loves working out with her McBusted boyfriend Dougie Poynter – and she’s not afraid of showing off her muscles.
The 28-year-old was recently snapped looking svelte at the Met Gala in New York and she told Women’s Health that exercising had made her feel stronger in mind and body.
“I’m not afraid of a guy saying to me that I’m strong. And I will happily post pictures of my muscles on Instagram – because I’m proud of being a strong girl,” she said.
“I Instagram and I tweet and I perform in whatever I want and if you accept that you’re always going to get negativity then you can overcome it. So when you see a nasty comment, you don’t think, ‘That’s not fair’. It just kind of turns into a blur…I feel strong.”
Ellie said that the McBusted boys, including boyfriend Dougie, are often her gym companions.
“Training with him and the other guys is fun – it’s not hard,” she told the June issue of the mag.
“Harry (Judd) is actually really good. I won’t say ‘big’ because his head will swell but he’s an inspiration because he trains really hard.
“And so we will often all go to the gym together and a couple of the other girls – the wives – will come down as well and it’s great because my band don’t bl***y train. It’s actually nice being with guys who train so much.”
She said of her relationship with Dougie: “When I’m with him, I’m just his girlfriend, nothing else. He’s been doing this much longer – which is a first for me. We can have a really healthy understanding of what we do, but we’re not too into it. There’s no ego or anything like that.”
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