Contestant hurt by his 'dead relative' remark
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
X Factor hopeful Amy Connolly has criticised Dermot O’Leary for comments he made on ITV2 panel show Celebrity Juice.
The presenter joked: 'I don't care what your dream is. I don't care what you want to sing. And I don't care about your dead relative.'
Amy, whose mum died when she was six, says Dermot's remarks, although not aimed at her, were insensitive.
‘How can this man who has supported me from day one say something like that?' she tells the Daily Record.
'What he said is not harmless. I can understand it was a gag, but it’s heartless.’
Dermot, 35, who is hosting his second series of The X Factor, apologised in a statement.
‘The banter with the panel of Celebrity Juice was about me having a night off,' he said.
'And I would be mortified if a harmless gag was taken out of context.
‘Most of us have suffered from bereavement and it is something I’d never make light of.’
Amy, 19, was reached the final 24 at the weekend.
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Oh get over it. He's right, whoever in your family's dead, it doesn't make any difference to the competition. if you can't sing you shouldn't be there.
Hi there he was wrong to say what he did.I think you should have one this competition.Dont give up on your dream.
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