Louis Walsh was 'scared' to join Celebrity Big Brother - but then he saw his pay cheque

Rylan Clark has shared how his pal Louis Walsh was a "shell of a man" after his recent stint on Celebrity Big Brother. Rylan, 35, appeared on Thursday's Good Morning Britain to talk about his new BBC Italy travel series with Rob Rinder, but the conversation soon turned to the subject of Louis and his time in the rebooted series.

Louis Walsh has spilled the beans on the staggering amount of money he pocketed for his stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house.The star-studded series made a comeback to our screens last month after a six-year break, with Louis among the famous faces to enter the house. During his time in the house, Louis repeatedly made headlines as he sparked feuds with a number of stars who were not in the house. Among these were Jedward, who he labelled "vile", and Ronan Keating who he said "hasn't had a hit record" since sacking Louis as his manager.The former X Factor judge subsequently finished in fourth place and it was rumoured that he had bagged over half a million euros for simply just walking into the house.

Louis Walsh didn't want to share his phone number with Celebrity Big Brother champ David Potts, even after David won the show on ITV last Friday.The famous music manager from Ireland, who is 71 years old, chatted to Angellica Bell and the hosts James and Matt on Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Tuesday about his time in the famous house. During Friday's final, David got the top prize, and Nikita Kuzmin from Strictly Come Dancing came in second - meanwhile, Louis came in fourth place. Since leaving the house, Louis has been addressing the various comments he made on the show, and on Monday, he apologised to Ronan Keating for calling him "talentless" while talking to Sharon Osbourne.

Louis Walsh has said he has “regret” about being outspoken about other famous faces while in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

Louis Walsh has opened up about his secret health battle after he confessed to almost quitting Celebrity Big Brother multiple times. Appearing on Monday's instalment of This Morning, Louis, 71, sat down with hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shepherd to discuss his time in the iconic house after reality star David Potts was crowned winner while Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin followed in second place. While chatting with Cat and Ben, Louis admitted that he was unable to sleep while in the house, and lay awake at night until the morning hoping that one of his other housemates would wake up so that he could have some "human contact" again after being alone with his own thoughts for hours on end.The former X Factor judge admitted that the experience was a lot tougher than he imagined, and he almost quit the show several times - but decided to stay and ended up making it to the final.

Louis Walsh has spilled the beans on where his relationship with Simon Cowell stands after Celebrity Big Brother, sharing that he hasn't spoken to the music mogul since leaving the show.The 71 year old talent manager was outspoken about his X Factor pals Simon and Cheryl Cole while appearing on ITV's glitzy Big Brother comeback. During the show, he even claimed that Simon had ruined his shot at winning The X Factor back in 2008. On last week's show, Louis claimed that Simon played favourites and helped Cheryl's singer Alexandra Burke win by bringing on Beyonce to sing with her.

Celebrity Big Brother fans couldn't believe their ears, as it seems contestant Louis Walsh didn't understand the "basic concept" of the show.The former X Factor judge seemed confused over how the show worked when being interviewed by hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best.The 71-year-old finished fourth place and made it all the way to the final, seemingly without knowing what he was in for. During his exit interview, he told the presenters: "We had no information." When asked by Will about his role as a "producer" in the drama between housemates, Louis replied by revealing he was shocked to have no contact with the outside world.

During his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house, Louis Walsh has not held back from discussing other stars he's previously worked with. Girls Aloud star and fellow former X Factor judge Cheryl has been one of the latest to be rather awkwardly name-dropped. Having already made headlines after labelling Jedward "vile" and taking aim at Ronan Keating claiming that he "hasn't had a hit record since" firing Louis, Tuesday's episode, 19 March, saw the music mogul's focus switch to Cheryl.

Bradley Riches has spoken out on his controversial exit from Celebrity Big Brother after the 'brutal' scenes aired on Thursday night (March 21). The Netflix star, who plays James McEwan in the hit teen series Heartstopper, was evicted from the iconic house just days before the final.

Celebrity Big Brother's semi-finalists were treated to a visit from a family member or friend on Thursday night's episode - and for Louis Walsh, he reunited with his X Factor co-star Sinitta. However, the visit wasn't as cordial as he would have liked. Pop star Sinitta, who rose to fame in the 1980s, popped by the Big Brother house to see Louis - but gave him a stern talking to.

An unusual scene aired on Thursday night's Celebrity Big Brother (March 21) had fans feeling 'sick.' Presenter Fearn Britton gave former X Factor judge a head massage - and their comments left viewers feeling uneasy.

The remaining Celebrity Big Brother housemates are visited by friends and family during Thursday night's episode ahead of this year's highly anticipated final tomorrow night.

The real reason behind Cheryl and Louis Walsh's feud has come out after Louis made an "unforgivable" comment. It comes after Cheryl's former manager spoke about bad times from her past while on Celebrity Big Brother. During Tuesday night's (19 March) episode of CBB, Louis told Marisha Wallace and Zeze Millz that Cheryl's PR team did a great job "saving" her career after she got into trouble.

Louis Walsh has opened up about working with Cheryl and Simon Cowell on The X Factor, revealing that he thought Cheryl was "smug" after getting Beyoncé as a guest star. In Tuesday night's episode of Celebrity Big Brother, Louis spoke to Zeze Mills and David Potts about Alexandra Burke winning The X Factor in 2008. With the singer coming up against Louis' group JLS in the final, the former judge claimed that boss Simon showed he had a favourite when he got Beyonce to perform a duet with Alexandra in the final.

Louis Walsh has lashed out at Sir Bob Geldof in a fiery rant on ITV's Celebrity Big Brother. Louis, who is known for speaking his mind, has previously taken swipes at Ronan Keating, Jedward and Simon Cowell during his time in the house.

The final date for ITV's Celebrity Big Brother has been revealed, and it's very soon. Celebrity Big Brother was off our TVs for a while after its last show on Channel 5 in 2018. But now it's back on ITV and has had viewers hooked ever since it started at the beginning of the month.

Celebrity Big Brother's Louis Walsh had a surprising one-liner when asked about the worst thing he's ever done as the house transformed into a twisted fairytale kingdom and Louise was positioned as the most evil housemate. After surviving a tough double eviction last week, Louis was asked about his most wicked deed. Without missing a beat, he confessed it was "inflicting a lot of bad pop songs on the public".The former music manager and X Factor judge has had a few clashes with his past stars, from calling Jedward "vile" to labelling Ronan Keating a "wannabe who had to be stopped".

As Celebrity Big Brother returns tonight, Louis Walsh and Zeze Millz are set to clash in the latest task which sees them take reign over the house. In the latest task set by Big Brother, the celebs must follow strict rules and conquer all the quests they are faced with to prove they have a heart, brains and courage. But there's a twist as for the final part of their task, as Big Brother says: “Subjects, between yourselves you must now decide which one of you must bravely face the next public vote by receiving a killer nomination.” Big Brother adds: “Evil rulers Louis and Zeze, you do not put your name forward.This game is about courage.” Whoever receives the killer nomination will automatically face the next eviction.

Celebrity Big Brother's Louis Walsh had a five-word response when two of his co-stars were kicked off the show. It was announced on tonight's show (March 15) that Levi Roots and Ekin-Su Culculoglu would be leaving the CBB house in a shock double elimination. On the previous episode, Love Island's Ekin-Su, Levi, Fern Britton, Louis Walsh and David Potts found out they were up for the next public vote.

Louis Walsh revealed he has been fighting a rare form of blood cancer, as he candidly opened up during a chat to his Celebrity Big Brother housemates on Friday night's episode.