Former X Factor star Katie Waissel calls Cheryl Fernandez-Versini a 'money grabbing p****'
FORMER X Factor contestant Katie Waissel has called Cheryl Fernandez-Versini a p***k, and claimed she's only on the ITV talent show for money.
Katie Waissel has called Cheryl Fernandez-Versini a 'p***'
The outspoken 29-year-old was mentored by Cheryl when she finished seventh in the singing competition back in 2010.
But it seems Katie didn't form a bond with the pretty Geordie, claiming she's not "a very nice human".
Katie told the Sun: "She’s just there for the money. People think that I have this huge thing against Cheryl, and granted, I do. I’m pissed off for various reasons. If you ask me, she is fake as s***.
She added: "I just think there’s no substance to her. She can be very abrupt and rude. I don’t think she’s a very nice human."
Katie claimed Cheryl was not 'a very nice human'
Katie came seventh on the 2010 series of the show
Katie even warned future X Factor contestants to try and keep out of Cheryl's group in any way possible.
"My advice to anyone who’s going to be on the show would be to f***ing beg to get someone else as mentor," she said.
Katie also revealed she warned her friend Rita Ora about Cheryl when she joined the show's judging panel.
She said: "I said, 'Cheryl is a p***k', and Rita was like, 'Oh s***, really?'."
The singer claimed Cheryl was only on the X Factor for money
It's not the first time Katie has hit out at the show which brought her to fame.
Katie – who's grandmother is elderly escort Sheila Vogel-Coupe – appeared as a guest performer during the 2014 final of the talent show.
During the appearance, the singer performed a disastrous performance of Dirty Dancing classic I've Had The Time Of My Life with a selection of X Factor rejects including Chloe Jasmine, Stevi Ritchie, Wagner and Chico.
Despite her return to prime time TV, Katie didn't seem happy with the gig and appeared to mouth "you owe me – big time" to head judge Simon Cowell.