(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Kelly Osbourne considered having a gastric band fitted because she was so desperate to lose weight.

The TV star has managed to drop 50lbs. over the last year, following her stint on American talent show Dancing with the Stars. Learning the strenuous ballroom routines needed for the series kick-started Kellys dramatic weight loss, which she kept up by adopting a healthier diet and doing more exercise.

The 26-year-old has spoken at length about her struggle with her figure. She appeared on MTV reality show The Osbournes with her mother and father Sharon and Ozzy and brother Jack, and was much curvier at the time. Negative comments about her appearance affected her greatly, with Kelly admitting things got too much last year. She checked into rehab to be treated for an addiction to prescription medication in January 2009, and getting clean caused her weight to soar.

I got really fat, because I stopped doing drugs. I was actually living with my parents again because I didnt feel like I was ready to live by myself, and I got the offer to do Dancing with the Stars, she told talk show host Piers Morgan.

I went to a doctor about having a gastric band because that is what my mom did and I asked my mom to take me. I was just too terrified to do it. I just thought it would make me miserable if I did have it because you cant eat anything, five bites and then you are full. Where is the fun in that? Its boring. I want to be able to have a massive roast dinner if I want one.

Kelly still struggles with self-confidence issues, but that is getting better.

She went on to discuss the problems which have caused her to check into rehab several times. The star admits trying a number of different drugs, explaining it was painkiller Vicodin which she got addicted to.

I have probably tried every drug but crack. But Vicodin was my thing. I really liked it, she said in the interview for an episode of Piers Morgans Life Stories. It was a pill. I didnt want to smoke anything, I didnt want to sniff anything bit too much effort. But when you take Vicodin you swallow it and it is done.

Before I went into rehab I wanted to die. I didnt want to be here anymore. I would take these pills and each day I would take one more, hoping that I wouldnt wake up the next day. When I reached that point and realised that I was trying to kill myself, I was like, This is it.

Kelly added she has overdosed on Vicodin several times, once waking up to find Sharon hitting her in the back as she was terrified she wasnt breathing. Her family eventually staged an intervention to tell her she needed professional care. (C) Cover Media