LeAnn Rimes has taken a lot of heat lately about her weight loss from fans and tabloids alike. She and her husband Eddie Cibrian have both defended her weight, with the singer admitting on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday that she now feels like a victim of media bullies in the wake of the constant harassment.

Ellen asked LeAnn if she’s “not anorexic in any way or bulimic at all.” Rimes responded, “No, I am not but I do feel like the press … they’ve been very irresponsible.”

“Calling a lot of people fat or anorexic or bulimic or whatever it may be, it just seems like bullying now,” Rimes said, “instead of really taking these diseases seriously that a lot of people are going through.”

“That’s good that you got to clear that up,” DeGeneres said.

Earlier this week, husband Eddie Cibrian also came to LeAnn’s defense and told Access Hollywood that she works out like a fiend and indeed has a healthy appetite, adding, “she eats more than I do sometimes!”

“She eats pretty healthy, but she works out pretty hard too, and she actually takes pride in the way she looks,” Cibrian said. “It’s a shame that people will jump on the bandwagon just because she is fit. And she’s far from unhealthy.”