LeAnn Rimes has given another interview defending her emaciated body. It’s much of the same stuff she’s been shilling every since Project Thinner-Than-Brandi went into effect (over the last year). Whenever anyone is like “Hey, you look disturbingly thin, are you okay?” LeAnn will respond with some variation of “LOL, I’m so healthy and happy and that’s why I’m thin!” Or, “Why can’t everyone just leave me alone?!?!?” The problem is that at this point, LeAnn is just an oddity, a minor celebrity ripe for occasional mocking. She hasn’t gotten much attention since she and Eddie returned from their honeymoon. A honeymoon in which they managed to get pap’d every day, and in case the blogs weren’t buying the photos, LeAnn helpfully tweeted these bikini photos to go along with the stories. My point? Somewhere along the line, LeAnn realized that the conversation about her thinness was basically the only conversation people wanted to have about her. So when no one is paying attention to her for a second, LeAnn brings it up.

LeAnn Rimes and her trainer want critics of her lean frame to know one thing: she’s fine, thank you very much.

Rimes tells PEOPLE the “hoopla about my body” – which intensified after photos of her in a bikini during her recent honeymoon emerged – has been hurtful.

“For someone like me who is healthy, who works hard for my body, it’s very frustrating,” says the country star, 28, who hosted a benefit for tornado victims alongside new husband Eddie Cibrian, 37, in Florida on Sunday. “I work out and take care of myself, and not in an over-obsessive way.”

“People are calling me bulimic or anorexic,” she says, “and these are real issues and diseases – that I don’t have.”

Adds her trainer, Michael Jackson at Equinox in Woodland Hills, Calif.: “My main concern with her is that she’s toned and healthy. And she is.”

[From People]

You know what I was thinking about? LeAnn’s Shape Magazine cover and interview. She was the October 2010 cover girl, and she gave a controversial interview and that’s what got most of the attention. But go back and look at those photos from Shape’s cover shoot. THAT was when she looked healthy, toned and athletic. It’s scary that less than a year later, she’s dropped (in my estimation) about 20-30 pounds. Of course, she added bolt-ons and giant veneers. So maybe it all evens out? Congrats, LeAnn! You got more attention for being thin! Project Thinner-Than-Brandi is a TOTAL success, you crazy bitch.

Photos courtesy of LeAnn’s Twitter.