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Is Louis Walsh the most toxic and bitter man on TV? KATIE HIND reveals why he has fallen out with everyone over the years from best mate Simon Cowell to Cheryl Tweedy. And his feud with Jedward risks reigniting X Factor abuse allegations...
Their bromance was once the most talked about in Britain. And when Simon Cowell launched his new talent show,
They hit back, branding Walsh an ‘evil manipulator’ who tried ‘to make us sign our name and life away in dodgy contracts to people he was great friends with’ and ‘forced us into an office to pay £70,000-plus to one of his own PR workers’. Back in 2010, band members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden revealed that in their early days the Irishman constantly threatened them with the chop and would call them ‘fat’. Friends of the star say that while he did Big Brother ‘purely for the money’ — it is estimated he was paid in the region of £250,000 for his time in the house — Walsh is also hopeful of a comeback, managing a high-profile band, after years of living a quiet life between London and Dublin.
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