Brittany Murphy's Husband Simon Monjack Speaks Out

Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack has opened up about the family's shock and grief following Brittany's untimely death over the weekend, and says rumors of drugs and anorexia are not true.

A large number of prescription pills were found in Murphy's room at the time of her death, including tablets to treat depression and anxiety, but her husband insists that she did not take anything dangerous enough to kill her.

"I'm confident it wasn't an overdose," Monjack tells the New York Daily News. "She was not a drug addict."

"My wife did not take anything on the morning of her death that would have caused her to be sick or ill, let alone die. It's beyond even the sickest speculation."

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Monjack also called reports that Murphy was suffering an unchecked eating disorder "heartless" and false.

"These rumors that she was anorexic? It's crazy - she was slim, but that was her natural physique," the British screenwriter says. "This is what's killing all of us? How did it happen? Her mum, myself and her family - we want to know why we lost our baby."

"The attacks on me, the attacks on my wife and suggestions that she was anorexic and drug addicted, it's like, look at the (recent) photographs," he said.

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"Look at that smile. That's not the smile of an anorexic or drug addict or someone in a bad marriage. That's someone who was content with her life."

The official cause of Brittany Murphy's death is still pending, awaiting "toxicology, neuropathology and histiopathology tests which will take four to six weeks to complete.