Let's start off by all agreeing that Courtney Love is a mess. She just is. And when she dropped a tremendous amount of weight in a very short time, we didn't believe her for a second when she said it was through a strict diet. Puh-lease -- a strict diet takes self control and restraint, which are qualities we know Courtney just doesn't have, so we've always assumed she had some sort of medical assistance.

Reportedly the now-emaciated looking "rocker" has been laughing to friends, saying, "Everyone thinks I've had hypnosis but why bother with all that effort? All I did was check myself in and have a fat band fitted." Maybe a fat band around her head would be more appropriate.

In addition to claiming to have used hypnosis and ranting on her MySpace page about how nobody believes it when someone loses weight the old fashioned way, Courtney has also insisted she lost weight like Oprah and used Slim Fast shakes. Oh, and she told a New York audience that she "needed to take care of her eating disorder."

Really cool, Courtney. Everyone's impressed by someone who brags about a fake eating disorder, especially when that person has a teenage daughter. Awesome.