I’ll Get Naked In A Bath Of Beans If We Get To No1

UNION J have got their eyes firmly on the prize.

GEORGE SHELLEY, JOSH CUTHBERT, JAYMI HENSLEY and JJ HAMBLETT - who release their debut single Carry You on June 2 - are keeping their fingers crossed for a No1.

And George vowed to LIA NICHOLLS that he’ll get naked in a bath of beans if it does.

Your first single is out soon, have you told your family and friends to buy multiple copies?

George: Not sure about multiple but they will all be buying it.

What will you do to celebrate if you get to No1?

George: We’ll have a massive party - and I’ve said I’ll sit in a bath of beans.

Will you really do that?

George: Yes definitely, be pictured and everything, you have my word.

You’ve recently moved in with each other in new pads in London - how’s it all going?

George: Yeah, amazing. Me and Josh are living together and so are JJ and Jaymi, who have turned into husband and wife.

They’re like my nan and grandad. When we get in the car in the morning, they’re like, “Have you got this, have you got that?”

Who is most likely to throw a hissy fit?

George: It depends on the situation. If it’s over food, definitely Jaymi. He rages over food.

Did you have much say about what was going to be your first single?

George: Yes. We had the choice of a few songs but it was the one we thought was the most catchy. It was the one we were all walking round singing.

Have you been doing your own food shopping or does it get done for you?

George: No, we do it. We go to the supermarket, we like a trip to the supermarket.

Who’s your ideal man or woman?

JJ: EVA LONGORIA would be nice.

What are you most looking forward to doing this year?

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JJ: We can’t wait to play the festivals.

Who are you most looking forward to meeting or hanging out with?

JJ: It will be good to catch up with JESSIE J, THE WANTED and LAWSON.

Did you know NATHAN SYKES (The Wanted) had an operation to save his voice last week?

JJ: Yes we heard and we wish him a speedy recovery. No singer wants to go through what he’s going through. It must be tough.

When was the last time you cried?

Jaymi: On Saturday, to Britain’s Got Talent. The shadow dancers ATTRACTION. I had a little tear.

You mean, you didn’t cry watching Margaret Thatcher’s funeral then?

Jaymi: No, I didn’t watch it. People were being really awful about her on Twitter and I didn’t want to get involved.

I just think she’s someone’s mum.

Did you have an opinion on her?

Jaymi: None either way. I don’t know anything about politics.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve been sent by a fan?

Jaymi: Not the strangest, but the coolest was from a girl in South Africa. She sent me a load of South African chocolate and sweets. I’d say her name but it was really funky so I wouldn’t want to get it wrong.

What’s your signature dish?

Jaymi: Domino’s pizza. If pushed, sausage and mash — Tesco’s Finest.

But forget cooking, JJ hasn’t found the iron, the hoover or the washing machine yet. He doesn’t know how to use any of them.

And when he goes to the toilet and the loo roll runs out, rather than replacing it, he’ll just go to a different toilet. Very lazy JJ.

Describe your ideal night.

Jaymi: I love staying in so it’s getting some good food and watching a film chilling with my boyfriend or having friends round. We’ve got a nice flat to have friends round.

Who’s on your playlist at the moment?

Josh: CHARLIE BROWN, CHRIS BROWN, RUDIMENTAL.

Who’s the most famous person in your phone book?

Josh: Probably JOE HART. We text a fair bit as we had a good night out at a casino in Manchester. It was a laugh, he’s a really nice guy.

If you hadn’t made it on The X Factor, would you have auditioned for The Voice?

Josh: I don’t know, maybe... ermmmm... it’s only been around for a little while so probably not.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given recently?

Josh: To remain positive and optimistic as that’s the response you’re likely to get back.

Can you tell me a joke, please?

Josh: Where would you find a dog with no legs? Where you left it.

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Caroline Flack Says She Won't Move On Xtra Factor Co-host Matt Richardson

Caroline Flack says Xtra Factor viewers should brace themselves for disappointment this year - because she will NOT be making goo-goo eyes at her young co-host.

Comedian Matt Richardson, 22, was announced last week as her new sidekick, sparking speculation that Caroline, 33, would once again find herself falling for a younger up-and-coming star.

The presenter notoriously dated Harry Styles for several months in 2011 when the One Direction singer was just 17.

And last year the audience watched agog as ITV2 spin-off turned into a will-they-won’t-they saga about Caroline and then co-host, Olly Murs, now 29.

She and the former X Factor runner-up - who bowed out of this year’s show because of his music commitments - denied anything ever happened between them.

But the chemistry seemed sizzlingly obvious on-screen, and they were also spotted cuddling backstage.

So Caroline is resigned to speculation about her relationship with newbie Matt - who at a stand-up gig in Brighton last April poked fun at Caroline’s fling with Harry.

After joking about how the boyband singer only looked about 12 years old, cheeky Matt responded to a woman giggling in the audience by saying: “One woman orgasmed there, obviously a Harry Styles fan. Could have been Caroline Flack.”

Ladbrokes are already offering odds of 2-1 for Caroline and Matt to hook up by the end of the year, but she insists NOTHING will happen.

She says: “There probably will be stories, particularly because of his age! But I don’t fancy him.

“He is more like my naughty younger brother and I’m going to have to keep him in line - but in a good way, not in a dominatrix way!

“He has already told me he does really badly with women, so I think I’m just going to completely take the mickey out of him all the time.

“He has already been texting me asking me for advice about what he should do with girls.”

And Caroline - who begins filming with Matt today in Glasgow at the first auditions for the new X Factor series which will screen in August - insisted she is already all loved-up.

She said: “I am dating at the moment. That is all I am saying! It could be a woman. No, it is a man. I am very happy at the moment. Life is really good at the moment and I am looking forward to the rest of the year.”

Xtra Factor co-star Matt Richardson mocked Caroline Flack's taste in men.

Caroline recently sparked rumours that she had secretly got ENGAGED to her mystery man after posting a picture of herself online with a ring on the all-important finger.

But she admits it was just a joke, explaining: “My friend had just got married and her ring was so beautiful she let me try it on but it just looked weird on my finger.

“I will probably never get married so it was my one chance!”

Caroline has spent the past few weeks furiously getting herself into peak condition for the new Xtra Factor series.

She said: “I am ready for it now. I have got myself ready - I have been eating healthily, I’ve been on holiday so I’ve been getting back in shape. I have been working out every day.

“I do feel that pressure of being on TV and having to look good, definitely. It is easy when you are off work to have a massive blow-out and eat loads and not work out.”

And she added: “Xtra Factor is hard work - it is full-on from now until the end of the year. But I think it’s going to be a really good year." But she suspects that the show will have a very different vibe this time because of comic Matt.

She said: “There are going to be quite a lot of changes. Matt is a completely different character to Olly. It might be that we do some stuff separately rather than always being together.

“But it will still be lots of fun. He is a comedian so he will want to do things differently as well. He is a very nice guy, he is very likeable.

“We said we are not going to replace Olly and that we wanted someone completely different. Matt is almost like the opposite of Olly.

“He brings a completely different feel to it. I am really excited about working with him. He is very funny.

“We have really good chemistry together and I helped make the decision.

“It wasn’t a case of just choosing someone and putting them in, it was about how we worked together.

“There were quite a few people interviewed for the job and then we screen tested the people we felt were right. He brought something to it which we hadn’t even thought about.”

And Caroline said her new co-host has also been given the thumbs up by supremo Simon Cowell.

She said: “He really likes Matt. He is really excited about the show.

“This will be my third year now. I am the longest-serving female host on The Xtra Factor.

“I could be the female Louis Walsh!”

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Sharon Osbourne Says Ozzy Has Been Sober 90 Days

Sharon Osbourne has revealed hubby Ozzy has been sober for 90 days - and said she’d never try to change him.

Their marriage went through a rocky patch when the Black Sabbath frontman, 64, admitted falling off the wagon.

X Factor judge Shaz, 60, said: “It’s acceptance of who that person is.

“If you think you’re ever gonna change anyone, you’re not gonna do it. You love them for who they are.”

Mrs O also admitted the couple enjoy JOGGING on the beach together.

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Simon Cowell: I Couldn’t Care Less If People Think I’m Gay

TV mogul Simon Cowell has insisted that he “couldn’t care less” if people think he's gay - and admitted that he HIRES some women because he fancies them.

The 53-year-old star also insisted he was happily single and not looking for a wife.

He revealed he does “several hundred” push-ups a day, has Botox and takes vitamin infusions in an interview with The Radio Times.

And when quizzed on if he minded people asking when he is “coming out”, he replied: “If I was living 200 years ago in a coal mine, maybe, but I work in possibly the gayest industry in the world! Music and TV!

“It would make no difference to my life or my career. A lot of my friends are gay, but I’m not and don’t even think that way anymore.”

“I couldn’t care less (if people think I’m gay) because it’s nothing to be ashamed of. It feels like such an antiquated question now.”

He was also quizzed on whether he picks women who he fancies to work on his shows to which he confessed: “A lot of them, yes, I’m not going to lie.”

Cowell said of former X Factor judge Cheryl Cole: “I think my entire production staff - including a lot of gay people - were madly in love with Cheryl.

“I mean, literally, when she walked on set on the first day in the UK I thought that she was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. I mean, genuinely.

“She was just absolutely stunning. She still is, but I remember that day vividly as in ’God, you are gorgeous.”’

Cowell - who just finished a series of Britain’s Got Talent - said that he was “not actively looking for a wife”.

He said: “I’m happy single ... I tend to be in a relationship more than being single.

"Terri (Seymour) lasted six years, Mezhgan (Hussainy) lasted two years, and that was in a nine-year block, so I was only single for about a year out of those nine years.

“But I’m very good on my own, a) because I never get bored and b) because there is always something I need to catch up on.”

Cowell added: “I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.”

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X Factor Going Back To Basics With Auditions

The X Factor will return to stripped down auditions with no backing tracks or studio audience, The Sun can reveal.

The overhaul has been ordered by boss Simon Cowell to breathe life back into the show - which lost two million viewers last year.

Wannabes will have to face the judges in an “intimate setting” and perform a-cappella, just like in the show’s early days.

But they will then have to impress the judges at a SECOND audition in front of a live audience before getting put through to the Boot Camp stage.

A spokesman said: “We can confirm the audition rooms will be returning to the X Factor as one of a number of exciting changes.”

A senior show source added: “Fans wanted changes this year - and we’re giving them what they want. The a-cappella auditions were classic X Factor and really gave the judges an insight into whether acts were any good. It also better showcased some of the weird and wacky people we get, whose performances got lost in the arena auditions. The plan is to have the best of both worlds.”

X Factor chiefs axed the old audition format in 2009 as part of a bid to make the show more of an event. It worked well for the first couple of years, with the 2010 show finale - won by Matt Cardle won - watched by nearly 20 million, an X Factor record.

But viewers soon started switching off. The Sun first revealed the revamp plans after last year’s final - which received the lowest rating since 2005.

The new format was thrashed out at a meeting of top brass last week, where plans were also discussed to bring Sharon Osbourne back as a judge.

Other tweaks could see the show starting later - in early September.

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Spruce Bruce Looking For Love After Losing 4st

Jamie Bruce is a shadow of his former self since he went on The Voice – but in a good way.

The singing bouncer has lost four stone in seven weeks and is looking for love.

Jamie, in Sir Tom Jones’ group on the BBC show, piled on the pounds and ballooned to 24st after feeling like a loser when he was rejected from ITV’s The X Factor in 2011.

But now he is battling the flab, has spruced himself up and puts his new image - and success - down to the support he has had on The Voice.

Comparing that with his experience on The X Factor, he said: “I have been treated better by the BBC. It has changed my mental state and my insecurities. It’s been very positive.

“I came out of The X Factor feeling low and questioning if I should carry on.

“The first thing I did when I got kicked out was get a McDonald’s. I ate and drank a lot for the next four months to try and forget about feeling like a failure.

“It felt like the whole experience had been a big waste of two months of my life.

“But the difference with The Voice is that you have a vocal coach there who gives you constructive criticism even if they don’t put you through.

“So people don’t go away feeling they haven’t succeeded.”

Jamie, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, now wants to lose another three stone before The Voice live shows start on June 8.

He says: “With the frame of mind I’m now in, it has been so easy to cut out bad things. I was a man who used to eat a loaf of bread a day - but I have cut carbohydrates out of my life.

“I used to eat all the wrong things at all the wrong times and I didn’t do enough exercise. I was eating 3,500 to 4,000 calories a day. But now my aim is to get down to 17st.”

Jamie, who says he has been “100 per cent single” for the past two years, is also hopeful his new confidence will help him find Miss Right.

He says: “I seem to be getting a lot more looks in the street. I am definitely ready for love now.”

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Caroline Flack Engagement Rumours

Caroline Flack has given her fans a conundrum - posting a photo of a RING on her engagement finger.

She uploaded the photo to Instagram with the message: "If you like it."

It's a lyric from the Beyonce song Single Ladies; the next words are "should have put a ring on it."

Caroline is not known to be dating anyone at present.

A follower named aloha_from_char enquired: "Who put a ring on it?"

While a more exciteable fan called holliemayjonesx asked: "ARE YOU ENGAGED??! WHAT??!! WHEN??? WHO? HOW???!!X"

And another fan called kirsten_om wrote: "SINCE WHEN ARE YOU ENGAGED!?"

Talking about pop star Olly Murs, who Caroline co-presents the Xtra Factor with, a fan called abiloveolly joked: "Ah I get it your marrying olly finally!"

Telly star Caroline was teasing her fans during a night out with pop star Rita Ora.

They were hanging out together at Groucho Club before going to the Dorchester Hotel.

Rita wore a black and red printed jacket and white over-the-knee boots.

Caroline, who famously dated One Direction star Harry Styles, had a simple outfit on in a stripy top and black shorts underneath a blue and cream coat.

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Sharon Osbourne At The First X Factor Auditions

Sharon Osbourne makes an entrance at the first day of X Factor auditions on the arm of two topless hunks.

The new judge was escorted from her car by the Glasgow locals ? who’d opted to wear kilts for her big day.

Louis Walsh, Nicole Scherzinger and Gary Barlow headed inside the Hilton hotel to watch the hopefuls.

New panel - Sharon, Louis, Nicole and Gary and host Dermot O'Leary.

Unlike in previous years, singers have been asked to impress the judges in an intimate room with no audience or backing track.

Sharon, who wore a white jacket with beads, said she's excited to be working with Nicole Scherzinger.

The former Pussycat Doll looked like a sex kitten in a snakeskin outfit topped off with red heels.

Sharon said: “I love her. I’ve known her for a long time, she is fantastic.”

The 60-year-old famously clashed with Dannii Minogue during her last stint on the show in 2007.

According to reports, X Factor producers organised a ‘peace’ dinner for the new panel on Monday on their first night in the city.

As she linked arms with her helpers outside the venue, embarrassed Sharon joked: “How bad is this?”

She added: “I can’t even begin to put into words how I feel. It’s fantastic to be back, it’s a dream come true.”

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Noel Gallagher X Factor Judge

X Factor bosses have approached Noel Gallagher for the second time with a “name your price” offer to join the judging panel.

The former Oasis guitarist, 45, has been on Simon Cowell’s wish list for the hit ITV talent show for years.

And in the past fortnight Noel’s management company Ignition received a fresh megabucks offer - asking him to name a price around the £2 million mark.

A source said last night: “Simon is determined to get Noel on board. He sees him as his natural replacement as the real alpha male on the panel.

“He thinks Noel would be ideal, with his music knowledge, straight-talking and rapier wit.”

The last time Simon, 53, made a seven-figure offer to the award-winning rock star he was knocked back.

Fan Simon Cowell is keen to get Noel on the show.

The married dad-of-three was about to launch his critically acclaimed solo project, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

He has just finished touring and is now planning to make “going to the dry-cleaners last a day”.

The source added: “Noel’s daughter Anais is a huge fan of One Direction and X Factor, so she’ll be nagging him to say yes.”

Noel was first approached by Simon in 2011. The rock star told him he wouldn’t like to say lines like, “You know I can only take three into the final, and this is the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make. I left Oasis, but that was nothing compared to this”.

Take That star Gary Barlow will return with Nicole Scherzinger. Sharon Osbourne is also back and bosses have decided on Louis Walsh to return.

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Frankie Cocozza Left Shop Without Paying For Alcohol

Cops were yesterday probing supermarket CCTV of Frankie Cocozza using a self-service checkout - after the bad boy X Factor reject left with booze that was not paid for.

The singer - booted off the ITV1 show two years ago for taking cocaine - was said by a source to have repeatedly keyed in his card’s PIN code but the transaction never went through.

Store chiefs in Brighton called in police, who yesterday confirmed they were investigating whether the failure to pay for a “small number of items” was “a genuine error or a shoplifting incident”.

The source - who said Cocozza shops there “all the time” - revealed: “The footage shows he has entered his PIN a number of times.

“It is unclear whether he thinks the transaction has finished or whether it is deliberate. He’s walked away and the transaction is incomplete.

“There’s no way of knowing whether it was shoplifting or a genuine error.”

Cocozza, 20, who has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, was yesterday said by his agent to deny any involvement in the alleged incident.

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Shazza Shafts Scherza

Sharon Osbourne has already drawn up the battle lines on the new X Factor judging panel - using her gigantic gob to overshadow Nicole Scherzinger.

As the new series - set to air on ITV in August - shapes up to be the most brutal yet, mouthy Shazza dominated the first day of auditions as wannabes were slammed and shamed during a marathon TEN-HOUR audition.

The judge, who is back on the show after quitting in 2007, eclipsed the returning ex-Pussycat Doll - despite Nicole coaching last series’ winner James Arthur.

Less than half of the 50 hopefuls were invited back to the next round as dreams were dashed during trials at Glasgow’s Hilton hotel on Tuesday.

TV Biz can reveal one of those hoping for a break was Scottish contestant Jade Richards, who returned for a THIRD attempt at success.

Jade made it to the judges’ houses in 2011, jetting to Miami with Kelly Rowland, before getting the boot and trying again last year.

This time, she faced an extra-tough panel, with judges under orders from Simon Cowell to improve the quality of singers after last year’s series lost three million viewers. And the panel aren’t hiding their feelings. At one point Sharon cackled so hard at a rubbish singer she FELL OFF her chair.

The cosmetic surgery fan also had the rest of the panel - Louis Walsh and Gary Barlow - in stitches after a tree surgeon came on to audition and she remarked: “Ooh, I love a good surgeon!”

A source said: “Sharon certainly made the most of her comeback. She sat in the middle of the panel and had something flamboyant to say about every act.”

The antics left Nicole fighting to get a word in, while Gary and Louis “chuckled”. The source added: “Nicole enjoyed being the wacky one who would say silly things and get loads of attention last year. But in Glasgow she struggled to get into the limelight as Sharon was always hogging it.

“Nicole likes Sharon but has got to raise her game or she’ll end up on the cutting room floor.”

The four head to Birmingham on Monday for the second round of auditions, held only in front of the judges.

Those successful will be invited back to a second audition with an audience.

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X Factor Christopher Maloney To Give Away Single For Free

X Factor flop Christopher Maloney is giving his new single away for FREE.

The singer – who came third on last year’s show – is begging fans to visit his website for the free download.

He wrote on Twitter: “Guys – Log on to Christophermaloney music.com NOW and get my music download and newsletter ABSOLUTELY FREE! RT Yaaaaaay!”

He even roped in former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook to give him a Twitter plug.

The actress told her followers: “Go follow the lovely @ChrisMaloney77 he’s giving away his new single for free .. Don’t miss out xxx.”

While his fellow X Factor stars James Arthur, Ella Henderson, Union J and Jahmene Douglas have all snared record deals, Chris – who was slated for being “too cheesy” – has not.

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Olly Murs Twin Wedding

Olly Murs has revealed that he could still have stayed on the X Factor even if he had gone to his twin brother’s wedding.

The lads haven’t been on speaking terms since Olly skipped brother Ben’s nuptials to perform in the semi-finals of the 2009 show. That decision tore the family apart.

But the Thinking Of Me singer, who finished runner-up to Joe McElderry in the sixth series of X Factor, now reckons that he could have done both.

Olly said: “I wouldn’t have been eliminated from the show by going to it but I would have missed a full day of rehearsals.

“It was the semi-finals. It was shame but you have to move forward.”

Speaking of his ongoing rift with Ben, he added: “We haven’t spoken for three or four years.

“I hope he’s happy whatever he’s doing.

“It was just a falling out over the wedding day. I just really feel for my parents – that’s the real feud.”

He went on: “It’s probably lucky that we are not identical twins.

“If we looked the same it could be the hardest thing in the world. I’m glad we don’t look alike for both our sakes.”

They say blood is thicker than water. It’s time for Olly's old man to bang their heads together.

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Laura Whitmore Wants To Return To I’m A Celeb Spin Off

Laura Whitmore wants to host another series of jungle spin-off I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! NOW! - and says she would love to see Gazza in the camp.

The Irish beauty - who has fronted the ITV2 show for two years - has not yet had the go-ahead for a third series, but says that things are “looking good”.

And she insisted she is not in the running to take over from departing Xtra Factor host Olly Murs, because she isn’t ready to turn her back on the jungle show.

Laura told TV Biz: “I miss Australia - the last series of I’m A Celebrity was brilliant. I definitely want to go back this year and things are looking good at the moment.

“I saw Ant and Dec and the producers recently, and we were all reminiscing. Because you see the same people all the time out there it becomes like a family.”

She has a few ideas of who she would like to see taking part in the show, too.

“I’ve heard a few times that Gazza could be on the show so maybe he will,” she said. “That will definitely get column inches, as I’m sure he’ll be pretty controversial. I don’t know how nice he’ll be or how good at challenges, but I’d like to see him in there.”

MTV Europe star Laura took up the Australian gig after previous host Caroline Flack left the jungle behind to join ITV2 spin-off The Xtra Factor in 2011.

But she insists she has no intention of following in her predecessor’s footsteps now that Caroline’s co-host Olly Murs has quit to focus on his music.

She said: “I get asked about X Factor quite a lot, but I just want to get back to Australia at the moment - I don’t think I’m ready to give that up just yet.”

She went on: “I saw Olly this week and I told him I’ll be sad to see him leave, but he feels his music is doing so well that he can’t [stay]. As far as I know Caroline is doing it again, which is good because she’s brilliant at it.”

Laura, who was linked to Niall Horan earlier this year, also opened up about her friendship with the 1D singer. She said: “The One Direction boys are never in one place long enough to party. I know Niall because he’s a friend of a friend from my hometown, and when he’s in town he likes a bit of normality so he hangs out with the Irish crew.

“We’re not going out - I knocked that rumour on the head straight away - but you can see how quickly things build up.”

Laura also hosted the Brits ITV2 coverage this year. She said: “That was a really big night. I was hosting with Rizzle Kicks - who I love to bits - and we had that backstage crazy carnage going on.

“At one point at the Universal after party I was in the DJ booth with Mumford and Sons, Taylor Swift, Carey Mulligan and James Cordon. That was fun.”

However, Laura said her party girl tag is off the mark - because she recently quit booze to focus on work.

She said: “Most of the events I’ve been pictured at have been for work, and I wasn’t even drinking.

“I had to give up alcohol recently because I was working too hard. My job has to come first. Especially during Fashion Week, you could go to these things and drink to your heart’s content, but you wouldn’t be able to get up the next day.”

She added: “That said, I had Paddy’s Day in New York and that was another thing. It’s about balance.”

Right now, Laura is supporting the Tag Your Bag initiative, which allows people to earn Nectar points when they donate clothes to Oxfam. She said: “It’s a great idea - it’s simple and gives people a real incentive.”

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Tulisa To Be Quizzed By Police Over Cocaine Deal

Tulisa faces arrest within days after The Sun exposed her setting up a cocaine deal, police said yesterday.

The former X Factor judge, 24, will be quizzed by cops after fixing the £800 handover with a drug dealer pal.

The shamed singer faced a barrage of criticism yesterday after our story was published.

Among those to mock the former N-Dubz frontwoman was hip-hop star Lethal Bizzle, who tweeted: “LOL #Tulisa.”

Tulisa Contostavlos was secretly taped speaking to The Sun's reporters

He joined others in re-posting a picture of a cola bottle, with the slogan: “Share a coke with Tulisa” which the singer had posted to her page days before.

In among thousands more online comments, she was branded a “chav and a bad role model”.

Nat Edgar posted: “That Tulisa chick is a very silly girl! She’s both lucky n blessed to do what she loves then messes it up with her latest antics!”

Tulisa is to be quizzed by Scotland Yard detectives after we reported how she fixed a £800 handover with a drug-dealer pal.

Cocky Tulisa, who previously claimed she is a role model for young fans, arranged for her pal Mike GLC to supply half an ounce of Class A drug cocaine to our undercover reporter.

She boasted: “Half my phone book sells it. Of course I can get it for you.”

Officers from the Major Crimes Unit were yesterday examining The Sun’s dossier of evidence on Tulisa’s drug contacts and will arrest her and part-time rapper GLC “within days”, a source said.

Meanwhile the singer - normally a prolific tweeter on @officialtulisa - went to ground and spent the day hidden inside her £6million Hertfordshire mansion.

Her £100,000 Audi R8 sports car stood outside as Tulisa and her team had at least six boxes of pizza delivered to the property. Tulisa’s cousin and N-Dubz band-mate Dappy arrived mid-afternoon, hiding in the back of a red VW.

Soon afterwards police visited Tulisa’s home to briefly speak to her PA Gareth Varey and a female friend.

Tulisa - who made £1million from her X Factor stint - was taped telling undercover Sun reporters at London’s posh Nobu restaurant: “Half the guys I know are drug dealers. One’s a massive cocaine dealer. He’s my best friend.”

She asked: “Do you want weed? I’m going to speak to this guy. Whatever you want he’s got it.”

When we double-checked if drugs other than cannabis were available, she replied: “Anything - cocaine.”

She said she did not take cocaine herself but confirmed that she did arrange supplies for pals.

A top TV executive said Tulisa, axed from The X Factor two weeks ago, will struggle to ride out her drugs shame - saying: “It’s going to be very difficult for her now.”

Tulisa bounced back last year after a video was published online showing her performing a sex act. She launched a legal fight against ex-lover MC Ultra, who later apologised.

Yesterday a Yard spokesman said: “We have received information concerning the alleged supply of illegal drugs. We are considering the information received.”

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Olly Murs Quits Xtra Factor

Olly Murs has revealed why he quit The Xtra Factor - juggling the role with his music left him feeling “more like a product than a human”.

Olly, runner-up in X Factor’s 2009 series, presented the ITV2 spin-off show with Caroline Flack for two years before bowing out ahead of the next series.

He said: “It’s going to be a shame not to do The Xtra Factor again. I’m gutted because it’s been a huge part of my life for the last two years.

“But I think whoever Caroline decides to pick, whoever the bosses decide to pick to replace me is going to be great. I don’t know if she would do it on her own.

“And we’ll see what happens in the future. I mean, you never know.

“Everything that I’m doing now is for my future and for my family for the rest of my life, so I’m trying to build something for everyone.

“I’ll always be working because I love working but it’s about getting the balance right.

“I remember watching the Big Reunion recently and one of the popstars was saying that you do sometimes feel more of a product than a human being.

“I don’t get four weeks holiday a year - I only get one week or two weeks sometimes - and I don’t get weekends off like everyone else. I have missed that.

“Fundamentally, you need time off to refresh your memory and brain.

“I love it, but it is a lot of pressure.” Late last year, Olly topped the charts with single Troublemaker, featuring Flo Rida, and album Right Place Right Time, and has toured the UK and the US.

He added that he wants his songwriting to speak for itself when it comes to critics who dismiss him as an X Factor flash-in-the-pan.

He said: “The reviews of the tour have been incredible. People who haven’t necessarily been fans of me before have come along and loved it, which is always what you want.

“It’s been great to show different sides to my personality as an artist and as a musician. I love playing the guitar and it’s nice to show people that I’m capable of that.

“There’s always this stigma with X Factor - people think you come off the show and you record in booths and you don’t even hear the songs, you just do them.

“But I do actually write. I’ve had four No1 records so far and I’ve been a part of all four of those songs. I love the process of songwriting.

“We’ve now sold 600,000 copies of Troublemaker in America, which is incredible. I’m really pleased so far with how it’s progressed.

“It’s something that needs to keep growing. I need to get over there more if I want to make it happen.

“Is it something that I want long term? Yeah, maybe. But conquering the UK and Europe is probably more realistic. I think UK-wise I’ve done really, really well and I’ve still got more to achieve.”

With the singer’s tour drawing to a close in Belfast tonight, he is due to travel across Europe in June as Robbie Williams’ support act. And he can’t wait to take on the singer at footie.

He said: “Obviously the Robbie Williams tour is going to be huge. And on the football field it’s Murs vs Williams. We are literally going to have a five-a-side game.

“I’ve told him about it. I’ve sent him pictures of me and the team. He’s ready for it.

“I think secretly he’s getting the guys in shape for it for sure.

“If he got injured before a big show I could always cover for him, it’s not a problem. Joking aside, it’ll be good fun.

“But it will just be good to hang out with Robbie. For me a tour is about not only going out there and doing a great performance.

“It’s also about enjoying it with the people around you.

“I think that’s why Robbie’s got me on tour, not just because he wants me to put on a good show but genuinely because I’m a good guy, I’m a good mate of his and we can have a bit of a laugh.”

Performing to his fans at the London O2 on Saturday, Olly asked the crowd to sing Ant and Dec’s Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble — which unexpectedly hit No1 this week.

And the chart-topper added: “Love it! I’m so delighted.

“I didn’t quite watch them perform it on Saturday Night Take-away so I watched it back and I thought it was absolutely brilliant.

“You know what, fair play to them, it’s a great tune. I love the lads and I love the song. I’ve definitely downloaded it.”

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Ozzy And Sharon Osbourne Reunion

Sharon Osbourne has given wild-man husband Ozzy another chance and let him move back in with her.

The couple are spending nights under the same roof again just a month after The Sun exclusively revealed they were living apart with their marriage in crisis.

Assistants have been spotted moving clothes and boxes from the Black Sabbath singer’s rented Beverly Hills pad into Sharon’s mansion nearby.

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Caroline Flack Fronts Xtra Factor With New Co-host Matt Richardson

Caroline Flack will be back to front The Xtra Factor again this year with new co-host Matt Richardson.

Young comic Matt, 21, is replacing Caroline's former sidekick Olly Murs, who stepped down from the show after two years to concentrate on his music career.

Caroline, 33, said today: "I'm really excited to be hosting Xtra Factor for the third year!

'Excited' Matt Richardson will co-host The Xtra Factor with Caroline Flack.

"Of course I'm going to miss Olly every day, but I am very proud that his music is doing so well all around the world.

"I really feel that Matt will bring something completely different to the show. He's a real find, he makes me laugh and it's great to introduce new talent. I can't wait to get started."

Matt, who has been a regular on the comedy circuit for the past two years, added: "I cannot describe how excited I am to be joining The Xtra Factor.

"Working with Caroline and the rest of the team will be an incredible experience and I will do my best to be as good as I possibly can, because I'm never going to be as gorgeous as Olly Murs."

Richard Holloway, Managing Director of Thames, said: "We are delighted that Caroline is back and that she’ll be joined by Matt. They’ve got great chemistry and as soon as we saw them together we knew they were a winning combination.”

The X Factor and The Xtra Factor will return to ITV and ITV2 respectively this autumn.

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Cheryl Cole Sexiest Woman Says Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell says Cheryl Cole is one of the sexiest women he has met.

The mogul, 53, had flings with Dannii Minogue and Carmen Electra, both judges on his shows, but he told Radio Times Cheryl stood out.

He said: “When she walked in I thought she was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.”

Cole lot of love for Cheryl ... Simon Cowell says she is one of the most beautiful women he has met.

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X Factor USA New Panel

X Factor Judge ... Simon Cowell The XX Factor! Simon Cowell is a ladies man on the new USA panelMogul will be only male judge as Paulina Rubio, Demi Lovato and Kelly Rowland join showPublished: 21stMay 2013 SIMON COWELL has created his very own version of Charlie’s Angels with the new panel of the US X Factor – and he will be the ONLY man.

Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland will swap the UK show, which she appeared on for one series in 2011, for the American version and sit with singer Demi Lovato and Mexican star Paulina Rubio.

They will join Cowell for the start of auditions in Charleston, South Carolina, today.

Rowland and Rubio replace Britney Spears and LA Reid on the new-look panel, in a bid to raise ratings.

It is the first time Cowell will be the only man on one of his TV talent panels – and insiders say he cannot wait.

Girls run the world ... Paulina Rubio, Demi Lovato and Kelly Rowland sign up for X Factor USA

A source said: “He is hoping the new panel will be a lot of fun. He will either play the three women off against each other or they will all gang up on him. Either way, expect fireworks.”

The original Charlie’s Angels was a US crime drama featuring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. It was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore in 2000.

Cowell jets back to London this weekend ready for the start of the Britain’s Got Talent live shows on Monday.

He is also expected to confirm the final line-up for the UK X Factor panel this week.

Louis Walsh has already signed up, Sharon Osbourne has agreed a deal and Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger are both expected to sign on the dotted line in the next few days.

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The Voice Hopeful Lemuel Knights Slams X Factor Contestants

The Voice contestant Lemuel Knights has slammed X Factor for backing hopefuls who try to win with sob stories.

The singer - kicked off the ITV1 show in 2011 after initially impressing judge Gary Barlow - said he didn’t want to get votes by telling tales of woe.

Insisting this was his last shot at the big time on a reality show, he said he chose the BBC1 show as it’s not about personality or image.

The teen - who sang his own take on Jessie J’s single Do It Like A Dude on last night’s show - said: “The X Factor want an artist where vocals are not necessarily the best thing.

“But with The Voice it is just about how you sound, nothing to do with if you have got learning difficulties, or if your dog’s friend’s grandma’s passed.”

Lemuel - whose dad died from a heart attack when the singer was just eight - hopes to make his mother proud.

He said: “I am very close to my mum. In all I do, Dad is always around.

“If it is for anyone, it is for my mum.”

Lemuel’s performance left coaches Jessie J and Danny O’Donoghue fighting over him.

But in a bid to win Lemuel over, Jessie dueted with him - and her tactics worked.

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Drug-shame Tulisa puts Louboutin to her ex Danny Simpson

Drug-shame star Tulisa split from footballer Danny Simpson in a row over £1,000 Louboutin shoes, The Sun can reveal.

She also mocked the Newcastle United star as “an a**hole” who was no match for her celebrity or intellect.

The former X Factor judge, 24, admitted that she had separated from Simpson during a meeting with our undercover reporters at London’s upmarket Met Bar.

She said during one row she had shoved a pair of the designer shoes he had bought her into a Tesco bag. She claimed he was furious and added: “He said, ‘What bird does that?’”

Tulisa said Simpson claimed that other girls he gave Louboutins showed their appreciation by performing a sex act.

She went on: “He was a fan. He was obsessed for six years. He had a massive crush on me. Finally he found somebody who knew me. He wasn’t a celebrity until he met me. He was a famous footballer but not a celebrity. As soon as he got with me, he became a celebrity footballer.”

Describing the 26-year-old as an “a**hole”, she added: “He’s not as intelligent as me.

“And he’s very shallow and I’m very real.”

She then recalled how in another row she told him: “Eat some Snickers - get some f***ing nuts.” The pair had matching tattoos inked in February, but the N-Dubz singer said: “His problem is that the way that he used to have it with other birds, he just doesn’t have any of that with me.

“He’s used to girls that run round after and put it on for him - even sexually chase him. I’m not that woman.”

In a foul-mouthed tirade, Tulisa - who launched a clothing range for young fans and has her own brand of perfume called Female Boss, after her nickname - described how she had laid down the law to previous boyfriends.

She said she told them: “Do you know who you’ve got involved with? I’m the f***ing female boss, I have it tattooed on my arm and I had it there from the f***ing day you met me. I don’t need you!”

Cocky Tulisa dreams of being a Hollywood actress and said if she appeared in a film it would be “front page in every newspaper. Every person in the UK would want to watch it and see why the hell has she left the X Factor to do what. I’m big in the UK because I’m a rebel.”

Yesterday Tulisa - exposed on Sunday by The Sun as a drug deal fixer - remained holed up in the £6million gated Hertfordshire mansion she rents for around £90,000 a year.

Police plan to quiz her after she set up a deal in which a pal sold us £800 of cocaine. She denied taking the drug but admitted regularly smoking cannabis.

Clothing retailer Bank Fashion, which sells her TFB range, said it is now “reviewing its options”.

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Kelly Rowland And Paulina Rubio In Talks To Join Us X Factor

Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio are in talks to join the US X Factor, according to reports.

The Destiny's Child singer and Mexican superstar are said to be in "final negotiations" to replace Britney Spears and L.A. Reid on the singing show's judging panel.

If the women do sign on the dotted line it would make Simon Cowell the show's only male judge.

Pop singer Demi Lovato is set to return for the second season to complete the panel.

Kelly was previously a judge on the UK X Factor in 2011.

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Ozzy Osbourne Sharon Reunion

Sharon Osbourne has given wild-man husband Ozzy another chance and let him move back in with her.

The couple are spending nights under the same roof again just a month after The Sun exclusively revealed they were living apart with their marriage in crisis.

Assistants have been spotted moving clothes and boxes from the Black Sabbath singer’s rented Beverly Hills pad into Sharon’s mansion nearby.

Ozzy was seen being picked up from the six-bed pile by a pal and driven to a meeting in Hollywood on Friday.

Sharon, 60, left an hour afterwards - and wore a huge diamond on her wedding finger again as she shopped with daughter Kelly in Beverly Hills.

She and Ozzy, 64, returned to the house later that day. The previous day she had been spotted driving him back there in one of their Range Rovers.

An insider said: “A month ago they weren’t seeing each other at all. He was in a rented house, she was in a hotel and they lived separate lives.

“Now Sharon is giving Ozzy another chance and has let him move back in. They are working things out.”

The couple, married for 30 years, separated this year when Sharon found the rocker had fallen off the wagon and was on prescription drugs.

Ozzy, who moved into her house last week after returning from a Sabbath tour, is now battling to stay sober.

He confessed on his Facebook page: “I was in a very dark place and was an a**hole to the people I love most, my family. I am happy to say that I’m now 44 days sober. Just to set the record straight, Sharon and I are not divorcing.”

He apologised to Sharon “for my insane behaviour”.

His wife admitted on her US TV show that the crisis had left her “devastated” but stressed: “We are not getting divorced.”

She returns to the X Factor panel this year in a £1.8million deal.

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Simon Cowell No Pants

Music mogul Simon Cowell often goes commando, pal Amanda Holden has revealed.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge said: “During the auditions we discovered that Simon doesn’t wear pants.

“I can’t reveal how we discovered this.”

Amanda, 42, added: “Maybe because he has such a busy life he doesn’t have time to put them on or take them off. Perhaps he should get someone to do that for him.”

She said that she feels safe dishing the dirt on paymaster Simon, 53, because “I think I understand Simon. I know an awful lot about him. I know where the bodies are buried”.

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Steve Jones Working Back In The UK

Keeping up with the Jones: Steve is back in the UKBy GORDON SMART, Showbiz EditorPublished: 03rdApril 2013 STEVE JONES is back from LA with his tail between his legs.

The star has spent a couple of years hosting the US X Factor. But he has been replaced by MARIO LOPEZ and KHLOE KARDASHIAN.

He was in the UK for Comic Relief and after getting work offers here he’s heading for the green green grass of home. And his model girlfriend PHYLICIA JACKSON might join him.

A source said: “There’s a bit of humble pie being eaten. Things haven’t worked out there, but Steve gave it a good go.”

He’s getting on a bit for a return to T4.

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Lemuel Knights The Voice

An X Factor favourite of Gary Barlow auditioned for The Voice - leaving the coaches fighting over him.

Lemuel Knights blew the Take That singer away when trying out for Cowell’s show in 2011.

Then 16, he performed Jessie J’s Do It Like A Dude and Gary gushed: “I thought Lemuel was unbelievable. At last there is life in Wembley!”

Now the drama student hopes to hit the big time after facing the coaches on the rival BBC1 show.

Lemuel made such an impression that Jessie and Danny O’Donoghue nearly came to blows.

Will.I.Am was forced to break up the spat after the two coaches locked horns over who should have him on their team.

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Diana Vickers Give Out Girls

Diana Vickers has bagged her first telly acting gig - in a new comedy about a group of promotions girls.

The X Factor semi-finalist, nicknamed The Claw for her hand gestures on the ITV show in 2008, will star in Give Out Girls later this year on Sky Living.

Singer Diana - who has dated 2008 X Factor finalist Eoghan Quigg - has been making a push into acting since coming fourth on the show and bagging a No1 single in 2010 with Once.

She starred in a West End production of The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice in late 2009 and won the award for London Newcomer Of The Year at the Theatregoers’ Choice Awards. But this will be her first television role.

She will star alongside Kerry Howard, of BBC3 sitcom Him & Her, and former EastEnders actress Tracy-Ann Oberman in the six-part series about a group of four girls who have to promote various products.

Diana told TV Biz: “I’m so excited about doing my first comedy show.

“It’s different from any acting I’ve done before.

“The script is hilarious - I was laughing my head off just reading it. The rest of the cast are great, we all have really good chemistry.

“I can’t wait to get in front of the camera and start filming.”

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Dannii Minogue Simon Cowell Has Some Balls For Calling Me

Dannii Minogue says Simon Cowell "has some balls" for picking the moment she was filming his TV show as the first time to speak to her since their affair was leaked.

The telly judge revealed she first heard from the music mogul when he recently 'ambushed' her during shooting for The X Factor Australia.

Dannii, 41, was preparing to hear which acts she had been given when she picked up the phone and heard Simon’s voice on the end of the line.

The mum-of-one revealed her shock in an interview with Grazia magazine: “You’d laugh your socks off if you saw it. I’ve not spoken to him since I left the show, yet he chose to film that moment."

She added: “Simon has some balls doing that.

"I find it bizarre that he’s never been involved in the Australian version of the show before and then I’m on it and suddenly he wants to break the news as to what group I have.”

The pair hadn’t spoken since Dannii left the UK version of The X Factor in 2010 ? despite news of their steamy affair being revealed in a biography of the talent show titan last year.

Author Tom Bower also observed Simon was obsessed with “her hair, the sexy clothes - and the t*ts”.

Dannii, who will be appearing on Sky Living’s Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model, also admitted she’s been thinking about having another baby.

The singer has a two-year-old son, Ethan, with her former boyfriend, rugby player Kris Smith.

She said: "I can’t just click my heels together and make it happen. I keep wondering how the hell I do it.

"Once Ethan got to two he started doing the most adorable things and I was like, 'Damn, I want another one.'”

“All my gay friends have been asking if my ovaries are available for rent - they’re close to running after me with a turkey baster.”

The full interview appears in this week’s Grazia magazine and Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model starts on June 20, Sky Living HD and on the move with Sky Go.

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Tulisas Dad Fears For Daughter After Drugs Arrest

Troubled Tulisa has revealed her scorn for the music industry - branding the business “a big game” and a “big fat ugly cow”.

And her father has told how he fears for the 24-year-old following her arrest on suspicion of supplying cocaine.

Tulisa, axed as a judge on telly hit X Factor weeks ago, discussed her attitude to her fame and fortune during a series of meetings with undercover Sun reporters.

Within minutes of meeting our team in America, where she hopes to launch a Hollywood acting career, she sat in a swish hotel suite and took a swipe at the music biz.

Concerned ... Plato Contostavlos was devastated by the news of Tulisa's arrest

“It’s all a big game. I call the industry a big fat ugly cow,” the former N-Dubz singer said on our video.

And Tulisa insisted she was desperate to move on from the fame X Factor had brought her.

She added: “I want to get out of that. I want to get away from that.

“I’m kind of like almost gagging for an opportunity to go. I don’t want to do that any more - but I have a £6million mortgage to pay.”

Meanwhile dad Plato Contostavlos last night told of his dismay after Tulisa’s sensational arrest, which followed allegations in The Sun last Sunday that she acted as a go-between in an £800 drug deal.

Tulisa and friend Mike GLC, 35, were quizzed last Tuesday at London’s Belgravia police station after we handed cops our dossier of evidence. Both were later freed on bail.

Pals say Tulisa has refused to drink or eat much since the allegations appeared and sits chain-smoking in her £6million Hertfordshire mansion - rocking back and forth.

Plato, 53, said tearfully: “I was devastated when I heard it - that’s my child. I was hurt badly.

“I just thought, ‘What’s this - what are you doing? Have you had a drink too many and you’re starting to talk rubbish’?

“All I know is that Tulisa was on the news and I went, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe this’.”

He added: “I fear for Tulisa and her career and I’m trying to reach out to her so she can succeed again.

“I’m worried as a father about the people she’s hanging about with. Any father on the planet would have fears - but I know she’ll pull through because she has strong family.”

Plato, a keyboard player with Seventies band Mungo Jerry, said he watched news of Tulisa’s arrest on Sky TV with her frail grandparents Tula, 88, and Spiros, 89.

And he admitted Tulisa’s granny was so shocked that she flew into a hysterical panic attack so severe that she had to be restrained.

Plato, who has a house in North London, said: “They live with me now and I look after them. My dad, her grandpa, isn’t well at all.

“I was devastated watching the news, but my mum did the crying for me. There was so much panic that I didn’t have time to cry.

“There was no time for me to cry because I had to sort everybody out.

“Mum was just watching the news and she saw it on there and she misunderstood that her granddaughter was taking drugs.

“I said, ‘No, mum, your granddaughter doesn’t touch drugs’, and I had to calm her down.

“I said, ‘Maybe it’s friends - maybe it’s friends who are around her’. She was hysterical - she went into a massive panic.

“I had to calm her down and explain the situation that your granddaughter ain’t taking drugs - it’s not about her taking drugs.

“She went mad and that’s when I had to jump in to stop her.

“She took a fit - a proper fit - a Greek fit, and they are the worst. She is properly old-fashioned.”

Tulisa has confessed in her autobiography that while growing up in North London she fell in with a bad gang, got into fights, stole and had underage sex.

Plato said: “She was always with ghetto kids because they were always rapping and she loved that music. So all her mates were always ‘ghetto’.” But he insisted he was not worried about his daughter’s current lifestyle as he is convinced she has never been a serious drug-user.

Plato said: “I know she doesn’t touch drugs. I can understand if your child does drugs, then you’d fall on the floor. I’d want to kill myself if she really did take drugs.

“I’d be so devastated, because I’m so anti-coke, heroin, powders and pills.

“But she’s not taking drugs. I swear on my dead brother’s grave - she does not touch drugs.”

When asked if he was aware of Tulisa ever taking cocaine, Plato exclaimed: “She’s never, ever, ever. Oh my God, no!” Plato added that the only time he knew of his daughter taking drugs was when she told him she had made herself sick by smoking a joint when she was a young teenager.

He recalled: “She came home to me when she was 13½ and said she’d had a smoke and vomited. I said, ‘It’ll teach you a lesson’.

“In my house, nothing was allowed - no smoking cigarettes and no alcohol. I just didn’t want that for my child. We talked about drugs from when she was a kid. I told her they’re no good for you, they’re useless - rubbish.

“I’ve warned her off since she was a baby. Sometimes I’d walk on the streets and you’d see somebody out of his head and I’d say, ‘Look, that’s from drugs - that’s from alcohol’.

“I would always show her signs that this is no good and tell her, ‘Stay away from this’. And she did, and she has done.”

Tulisa made it big despite her mum being diagnosed with psychiatric problems including bipolar disorder which led to her being sectioned when the star was five. She also suffered bullying, depression, anorexia, left school without qualifications, had an abusive boyfriend, self-harmed and twice tried to kill herself as a teen.

Plato said: “She had to grow up faster than any other child around her. She’s had such a tough life.

“But she’s crossed the barrier and hasn’t touched drugs and has become successful.”

Plato and Tulisa have not spoken since falling out three years ago. But he revealed that her arrest has made him desperate for a reconciliation so he can give his daughter a “hug and a kiss”.

He said: “I want to get back into her life. I’d just hug her and kiss her. That’s why I’m doing this through the paper - to remind her that her dad is there, to reach out.

“But all my family are helping her out because she’s down. She is very strong, but obviously she is very, very upset.”

Plato said Tulisa had been pouring her heart out to gran Tula. He said: “She talks to her grandmother all the time - her gran is the love of her life.

“As far as Tulisa is concerned, she’s done nothing wrong.”

Tulisa was last night keeping a low profile inside her gated home, surrounded by close friends.

Threat probed

A DEATH threat sent to The Sun investigator who broke the story which led to Tulisa’s drug arrest is being probed by police.

Scotland Yard detectives have identified a man who they have reason to believe sent a chilling email.

They are now poised to arrest the man and quiz him over the threats, sent by iPhone from a personal account to the reporter. An email sent at 1.59am last Thursday warned: “I’m going to kill you bitch”.

There is no suggestion that Tulisa or Mike GLC were aware of the threat or had any involvement in it.

The Sun is not naming the police suspect for legal reasons.

Last night a Scotland Yard detective said: “We take threats like this very seriously and will take immediate and appropriate action.”

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X Factor Spends £6m On Judges

The X Factor judges will get paid a staggering £6Million this year - a £2million rise.

Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh have signed up again for the 2013 series. And Sharon Osbourne will join them, replacing N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos as the fourth judge.

Bosses splashed the extra dosh on the judging line-up to mark the show’s tenth anniversary - and in a bid to win back the two million viewers who deserted it last year.

Former judge Sharon - who quit the show in 2007 - has signed up for £1.5 million.

The 60-year-old will also get £300,000 to pay for first-class flights from her home in the US and a suite at London’s five-star Dorchester Hotel during the show’s filming.

Gary, 42, gets £1.5million - the same as he was paid last year - while Louis, 60, is now the lowest paid judge on £1million even though he will be the only one to have filmed all ten series.

Former Pussycat Doll Nicole, 34, whose artist James Arthur, 25, won X Factor last year, was the final judge to sign up.

She held out until bosses doubled her pay packet to £1.5million, from last year’s £750,000.

The new deals take the judges’ pay from £3.7million a year to £5.8million, plus expenses likely to run into tens of thousands of pounds. Bosses vowed to use the tenth series to win back the viewers who stopped watching X Factor in 2012.

A source said: “We’re really confident about this panel and we’re putting our money where our mouth is.

“Nicole deserved a pay rise after coming first and second last year. Also she’ll be there for the audition shows this year so we’re getting more bang for our buck.”

Yesterday show boss Simon Cowell, 53, said: “Three words I never thought I’d say - welcome back Sharon.”

As The Sun previously revealed, The X Factor will now feature two sets of auditions.

First, the hopefuls will face the judges in an intimate audition room.

And if they receive three or more yes votes they will go on to perform for the panel again in an arena.

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