X Factor's clearly imminent, is anyone excited? I didn't think so. Still though, they're all doing their best to drum up some excitement and publicity and new judge Dannii Minogue is throwing in her two cents in the Louis Walsh/Simon Cowell/you're fired mate debacle.
According to the Aussie pop minstrel the firing and re-hiring earlier this year was by no means a publicity stunt. And of course I believe her. Ahem. Minogue insisted that Simon Cowell is too fond of Walsh to have fired him for publicity, telling The Guardian: "Simon and Louis are such great friends. You couldn't do it as a PR stunt, but poor Louis! Imagine being upset and thinking your friend did that."
Minogue also maintained that Walsh's relationship with Cowell has survived his sacking, saying: "I tell them they are like two old women. They love chatting and catching up."
"It reminds me of the film Beaches when there are two girls on the sun-loungers with blankets on their knees - that's going to be Louis and Simon in their twilight years, looking out over the ocean."
A harsh rap for Louis but now that he's back the bitching between the pair can continue all over our screens, much to the delight of trashy TV lovers everywhere. Let's face it, it's the only reason the show's remotely worth watching these days, eh?
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