The 23-year-old, currently competing in ITV’s Dancing On Ice, made the comments about photographs of her inhaling from a cannabis pipe at a music festival.
When the pictures of the incident in Norfolk emerged two years ago, she issued an apology saying: ‘I was really stupid. I regret doing what I did and have learnt my lesson.’
But yesterday Miss Madeley said: ‘If I’m going to be totally honest, I don’t think that smoking weed is that big a deal.
‘I was really worried that people were going to be angry with me because I know how people feel about drugs. I immediately apologised.
‘But, with the exception of skunk, which has been proven to be dangerous, I think people might be surprised how many people smoke weed.
