The X Factor: Dannii Minogue says she was left ‘broken’ after working on reality show
Singer had famous feud with Sharon Osbourne while on judging panel
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Your support makes all the difference.Dannii Minogue has revealed she was left “broken” after her experience working on The X Factor's judging panel.
The singer joined the reality show in 2012 and her four-year stint was marked by a famous feud with fellow judge Sharon Osbourne.
“I was not at breaking point, I was broken,” Minogue told The Herald Sun.
“There were a lot of people conspiring to make that happen and it brought a lot of people enjoyment to see me so under the pump.”
She added: “I get that it is a TV show – it is entertainment [and] there is quite a game involved with the business but you have to be fair and it just got to the point where I was so unhappy.”
Minogue wrote about her clash with Osbourne in her autobiography Dannii: My Story.
“Boy, did it get rough… I had to put up with insults flying at me both on and off screen,” she wrote.
“In fact, when I sat on the judging panel next to Sharon each Saturday, having seen her publicly destroy me on yet another television show or press interview that week, I felt as if I was back at primary school, when I was forced to sit next to the school bully.
“Over the course of the next year, Sharon announced to anyone who would listen that I was impossible to work with (but never explained why); that I was only on The X Factor because of my looks, not any visible talent or contribution to the entertainment industry; and Simon [Cowell] employed me only because he wanted to sleep with me.”
Meanwhile, in Osbourne's autobiography Unbreakable, she wrote of Minogue: "She had an uppity attitude as she was f***ing the boss.
"She clearly felt shagging Simon gave her vicarious power and it was so immature, not to mention deeply irritating to deal with."
Minogue can next be seen on the judging panel of the new Australian version of The Masked Singer alongside Lindsay Lohan, Jackie O and Dave Hughes.
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