Louis Walsh has quit The X Factor, it was reported today.

galwaydude

Just trolling through a few websites and came across this, excellent news if you ask me as walsh is a muppet.

Louis Walsh quits X Factor
23/11/2005 - 07:16:59

Pop manager Walsh quit the ITV talent show after fellow judge Simon Cowell called him “an idiot”, The Sun claimed.

X Factor bosses were tonight holding crisis talks with the judge in a bid to get him to come back, the paper said.

Walsh was already angry after third judge Sharon Osbourne poured three glasses of water over him on Saturday night’s show.

Cowell’s comment on Monday apparently added insult to injury and he decided to throw in the towel.

The dousing and being booed by the audience on last week’s programme and then being called “an idiot” and “stupid” by Simon were the final straw, the 52-year-old told the paper.

He said: “I have been totally humiliated and undermined by both of them. This has caused me nothing but stress… I have had enough. I’m going back to Dublin. I’m not putting up with it any more.”

Simon was reported to have begged Louis, who is famous for managing Irish boyband Westlife, to reconsider his decision.

AARRRGH

Hmmmm sounds like the ratings are down so they needed some extra paper coverage!!!!!

galwaydude

ah well, i wont be sorry if he goes expecially for keeping the conway sisters in

Cabaal

dublindude wrote:

Hmmmm sounds like the ratings are down so they needed some extra paper coverage!!!!!

Agreed either that or the rag that is the sun made up the story in order to sell more papers....either way their all a bunch of desperate bastards

galwaydude

got the headline from breakingnews.ie

who cares if he has quit or not, i for sure dont. Just bored at work!!

Cabaal

galwaydude wrote:

who cares if he has quit or not, i for sure dont. Just bored at work!!

I ain't even started work yet, early morning starts are a killer but its great to get home before 5pm

AARRRGH

galwaydude wrote:

got the headline from breakingnews.ie

who cares if he has quit or not, i for sure dont. Just bored at work!!

I'm still awake! Haven't slept in a looong time. Don't know when I will sleep.

I feel like destroying something beautiful.

AARRRGH

PS Galwaydude are you my evil twin in Galway???

Pigman II

Terrible news! I trust the tricolour will be at half-mast outside the Dáil today?

Peace

I wish he'd quit breathing...

Bard

The rest of the article:

BreakingNews.ie wrote:

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He said: “I’ve been called all sorts of things but I have taken it in the spirit it was meant. I have known Louis for years. I know what a success he is. If I offended him, I apologise. We want him back.”

Sharon also urged Louis to return, saying she liked and respected him and was shocked and saddened by his departure.

The latest bust-up comes after Louis was heavily criticised for choosing to keep Irish quartet The Conway Sisters in the competition and rejecting soloist Maria.

It later emerged he was friends with the Irish group before the show, leading Maria to claim that the show was not based on talent but creating good television.

The group 4Tune, who were knocked out in the second week, also claimed they were eliminated because of a personal vendetta between the judges.

Hooray \o/ ... I think.

magnumlady

Aah bless the poor little muppet. He'll have to go back to being a garden gnome now!

gazzer

serves the bitchy little queen right.. he dishes it out enough in the papers about people but cant take it when it is directed at him.

Pigman II

This is all part of the staged 'drama' as far as I'm concerned just to keep people talking about the show. I'm sure at the 11th hour Cowell and Medusa will plee for Louis to come back and he'll relutantly agree. They'll kiss and make up and then maybe the two lads will go out and buy a copy of 'twink' magazine between them.

The only question should be 'what scenario will they cook up next week to get Xfactor mentioned in the papers again?'.

whiskeyman

This guy has just quit his old job, has great experience launching scathing attacks on poor performances and used to hear up to 50,000 people sing a week!

Big Nelly

He just txt BBC Radio 1 and confirmed he has walked off....they havent said anything else!!

Karoma

Roy Keane as the next judge... what a brilliant concept.

mickymg2003

Roy Keane, Eamonn Dunphy and maybe Freddie kruger Would make an interesting replacement for the three muppets who judge the show.

magnumlady

I heard today on tv that the muppet is back! He will be there on Saturday.

Basq

magnumlady wrote:

I heard today on tv that the muppet is back! He will be there on Saturday.

Never expected that... :rolleyes:.. didn't expect for one minute he'd actually leave!

OFDM

Publicity stunt. Ratings took a big hit over the weekend because to Strictly Come Dancing. They're going head to head this week so they needed a story to attract viewers