Louis Walsh reignites X Factor feud with Cheryl and says he ‘doesn’t bother’ to stay in touch
LOUIS Walsh has admitted he “doesn’t bother” staying in touch with Cheryl after years of feuding.
The pair were famously at loggerheads for over a decade after Louis infamously branded Girls Aloud fat.
Asked about their relationship now the girl band are making a comeback, Louis admitted: “I don’t have a relationship with Cheryl, I don’t bother.
The band manager, 71, continued to Ladbrokes Live: “I haven’t seen her, I haven’t heard from her. We didn’t get on great on X Factor because she didn’t get the fun of it.
“She didn’t understand that side of it.”
Louis added: “But she is a nice girl, she is talented, and I do think she should be making more music, to be honest. I really do.”
Louis managed Girls Aloud at the time he branded them fat, which led to a series of issues between him and Cheryl.
He was in charge of them between 2002 and 2004, but made it clear from the start he would have preferred to work with a boyband.
They later appeared alongside each other as judges on the X Factor – and took every opportunity to make jibes at each other.
In 2010, Louis compared Cheryl to a peacock, accused her of believing the ITV series was “her show” and taunted her on-air for looking orange.
Cheryl, now 40, hit back at the time, saying: “Louis is a silly old man looking for attention.”
The following year, the singer claimed Louis only “took the cheques” when he managed Girls Aloud, sparking the Irishman’s retort: “I am a much better manager than she is a singer.
“She seems to be in the fashion business now, selling fake hairpieces, fake eyelashes, fake everything.”
Also in 2011, Louis described Cheryl’s rose tattoo on her back as “Chavarama” and something “Katie Price would’ve done”.