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Westlife's Brian McFadden reveals he was fat-shamed by 'horrendous' Louis Walsh and the band were forced to skip family funerals to perform
The singer, 44, soared to fame when Louis formed Westlife in 1998, but revealed he struggled with the manager's taunts and insults.
The three hour-long episodes will follow the life changing reality of stars finding fame at a young age and will dive into topics such as drink, drugs, bust-ups and exploitation. 'It's a gripping fable about getting everything you dreamed of, and it not being what you imagined, centred on a generation of young men, and their managers, who were wildly successful and also immensely vulnerable, having the times of their lives and also in some cases cracking up. 'Those boys we all watched singing and dancing in tight formation - Take That, East 17, Westlife, Blue, Five, Damage, 911 and so many others - are now middle aged men who have the time and the maturity to look back reflect on what they went through.
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