Brit Joss Stone defends US accent

Joss Stone shocked people with her pronounced US drawl at the BRITs last month.

Joss Stone says people who mocked her US accent have personal problems.

The Devon-born singer - who shocked people with her pronounced US drawl at the BRITs last month - says she doesn't understand why people criticised her accent.

Joss told Britain's Radio 1: "The sound of my voice and my accent doesn't mean anything.

"If people have a problem with it - that's their own inner problem.

"I've been in America since I was 14. That's why I sound the way I do."

The 19-year-old Tell Me 'Bout It singer insists she still has the right to moan about her job because singing is "hard work".

She said: "Everyone moans about their job. I don't see why I'm not allowed to moan.

"It's hard work and I'm tired and if I want to moan, I'll moan."

- BANG! SHOWBIZ