Virgin tells Janet to lose her love handles

Janet Jackson has been asked, no, ordered, by her record label to lose weight. Her weight has ballooned in the last six months and Virgin Records won't release her new album until she ditches the extra pounds. Sources say the record label is giving her until September to do it.

The New York Post had this information from an insider:

"This new album is supposed to be pretty good, but Virgin feels it can't market it without Janet being back in fighting form, so they have hired a personal trainer for her and put her on a diet. She has to lose at least 20 pounds."

The weight-gain followed her infamous Superbowl scandal, the flop of her album Damita Jo and, of course, her brother's second child molestation trial. Hey, we've all gone through these things. That's no excuse to shovel down food, Janet.

But it's not all negative. Janet's friend came to her defense:

"Janet always gains weight when she's not working - and always loses it in time to promote her albums. Janet always takes care of it when it matters."