Louis Walsh was referred to as out for his cruelty after suggesting to This Morning presenter Cat Deeley that she would now by no means make mainstream TV, and that X Factor would not want her whereas Dermot O’Leary was round. It had appeared as if the 47-year-old had proved him mistaken when she landed the coveted position on the ITV present alongside Ben Shephard, making her eagerly awaited debut in March.
However, it shortly grew to become obvious that rankings had slumped and weren’t matching these of BBC rival Morning Live. Louis made his feedback again in 2017 after she branded the X Factor – the present he judged on – “boring”.
In truth, Louis wasn’t very enamoured with the present himself both, because it turned out when he revealed on Celebrity Big Brother that he’d been sick of listening to hopefuls sing. He added that he’d solely obtained via the expertise by being “rather well f*****g paid”.
However, he nonetheless reacted angrily again in 2017 when he mentioned Cat’s feedback in a chat with The Mirror. “I believe the reality is that Cat would like to be internet hosting the present however we already have Dermot [O’Leary] and he’s the perfect within the business,” he shot again.
“She can keep on Sky 1 the place no one is watching.” He then accused her of jealousy, insisting: “It is a little bit of the green-eyed monster… Sorry Cat, we don’t want you.”
Cat had been internet hosting US expertise present So Think You Can Dance on the time of her straight-talking feedback, after transferring to Los Angeles together with her comic husband Patrick Kielty.
She’d said: “I believe each huge present like that’s cyclical, like Britain’s Got Talent or America’s Got Talent.
“They are massively profitable after which individuals get bored, after which they put them away for a bit, then they miss them, then they create them again.”
At that point, probably the most recent X Factor episode had been the least-watched within the present’s historical past.
With simply 4.8 million views, it was being eclipsed within the rankings by Strictly Come Dancing, which attracted almost double the viewers with a formidable common of 9.3 million views.
Now it appears as if it’s Cat who’s struggling the beneath par rankings.
It was revealed that her debut on This Morning with Ben attracted 1.03 million viewers, whereas simply two weeks later, figures had shrunk to 692,500.
A TV supply reportedly informed The Sun of Cat, who’s at the moment on her Easter break: “The indicators usually are not good. After the preliminary flurry of curiosity on their first day within the job, the viewing figures almost instantly dipped again into six figures.
“ITV bosses shall be hoping they’ll flip issues round earlier than the following huge milestone date as they’ve a lot driving on Ben and Cat being a hit.”
