Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders took pills to cope wtih cancer battle

The comedienne, 53 ? now in remission ? told how drugs, chemotherapy and radiotherapy left her "drained and exhausted".

She said: "It's like suddenly becoming older.

"You feel fagged out, you lose your motor and it makes you feel depressed.

"You have that 'I want to go to bed and sleep for ever' kind of feeling."

The French and Saunders funnygirl ? interviewed in the Radio Times ? said that just as she was at her lowest ebb she was also hit by the menopause.

She described it as "like jumping off a cliff" ? and she felt "the whole world" was against her.

The mum of three, who is married to comic Ade Edmondson, was persuaded to seek help for her mental problems.

She described the medication she was prescribed as "brilliant".

Jennifer was also buoyed by teaming up again with Absolutely Fabulous co-star Joanna Lumley, 65, for three Christmas episodes of the smash BBC sitcom.

She now ensures her daughters Ella, 25, Beattie, 24, and Freya, 21, get yearly mammograms ? telling them: "Just do it."

Miranda Kerr, Jennifer Aniston named in 'Who' magazine's sexiest list

Miranda Kerr, Jennifer Aniston and Natalie Imbruglia have been named in Who magazine's 'Sexiest People 2011' list.

Kerr, who has received praise for getting back on the catwalk and embracing her new curves since becoming a mother earlier this year, said that she has never thought of herself as sexy despite her role as one of Victoria's Secret's models.

Jennifer Hawkins and boyfriend of seven years Jake Wall posed together for the shoot, while Ricki-Lee Coulter showed off her new slim physique and said that she has always been a "self-assured" person.

Lara Bingle, who recently said that she is "embracing" a fuller figure, said that that she finds "confidence" sexy in a man. Natalie Imbruglia said that she has got "wiser" and "sexier" with age, while Rosie Huntington-Whiteley admitted that her pouting lips have got her "into trouble" in the past.

I Am Number Four star Teresa Palmer, who is dating US actor Scott Speedman, and Jodi Gordon, engaged to rugby player Braith Anasta, were both mentioned in the list and said that the "sexiest" people they know are their partners.

Other celebrities featured in the list included Liam Hemsworth, Mel B, Ryan Gosling, Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively, Olivia Wilde, Colin Farrell, Mila Kunis and Emma Stone.

Jennifer Lopez: 'I fired former manager over weight criticism'

Jennifer Lopez has revealed that she once fired a former manager for criticising her weight.

The American Idol judge recalled being outraged when comments were made about her figure but insists that those who work with her now "know better" than to make negative remarks.

"I was just so infuriated that somebody said you couldn't have a little extra meat on you - because I was by no means fat!" Lopez explained in a new interview with Glamour.

"That was so mean and closed-minded. I was like: 'No, this is who I am and this is the type of woman that I grew up with and it's beautiful. There's no reason to be anybody but myself'."

However, Lopez confessed that she has insecurities about growing older, adding: "I mean, I'd like to think I'll feel great about myself and age gracefully, but then I think, 'Well, what if I do want a little bit of something?'"

"I'm open to being open. I'm not going to make a judgment on it because I don't have to yet."

Lopez recently said that she has learned that loving herself is the most important thing since her recent divorce from Marc Anthony.

Watch Jennifer Lopez and her fellow American Idol judges in a promo for the new season below (US readers only):