X Factor: Louis Walsh accuses Simon Cowell of bullying after two of his acts are sent home
LOUIS Walsh has accused Simon Cowell of bullying him on The X Factor after he lost two of his acts on the first week.
The former boy band manager said music mogul Simon favours Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Mel B and labelled himself "the fall guy."
Clearly riled at the fact that he lost both Blonde Electra and Overload Generation, he fumed: "I'm always the fall guy on X Factor. You watch the tapes back. Simon never takes it out on the girls, you know.
"I think if he did it to them it would be perceived as bullying. Basically it is OK to bully me - I think it's my job on the show. He can do what he wants."
Simon kicked Louis' band Overload Generation off the show on Sunday night, instead saving Stephanie Nala.
He said: "I can't support an act I have absolutely no belief in. I am sending home Overload Generation."
Louis later said he was saddened by Simon's comments and branded them unfair.
"They had a lot more to give," he said.
"The damage is done, they are going home. When it's so public, I'm shocked, I never know what Simon is going to say.
"He was over the top and I feel sorry for those kids."
Blonde Electra and Overload Generation were the first acts to be sent home, with Stephanie Nala being saved by the judges.