Lagefeld [Adele is Too fat }

Talk about a backhanded compliment!

Famed fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld knows the fashion industry like the inside of a Chanel suit, but when it comes to being diplomatic about a woman's body shape, he could use a little help.

 "The thing at the moment isAdele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice," the 78-year-old head designer and creative director for Chaneltold Metro Paris on Monday about the "Someone Like You" songstress, 23. The Parisian installment of the daily gratis paper also quizzed Lagerfeld on various current events, with M.I.A.'s middle finger during Sunday's Super Bowl performance with Madonna and Nicki Minaj being one of them.

"Nowadays people give the middle finger quite quickly -– it's not the best behavior," Lagerfeld said. "Everybody does that, what's new about that? It's just become a bad habit. People in magazines are 50 percent bimbo and 50 percent pregnant women."