Louis Walsh reveals he was in 'really bad place' on Celebrity Big Brother as he opens up on health woe

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 has spilled the beans on the big bucks he got for being on Celebrity Big Brother. He said, "they really wanted me". The show came back on telly last month after six years.

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 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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

On Friday night's Celebrity Big Brother, the housemates are tasked with producing podcasts on subjects provided to them by Big Brother. For their podcast, Ekin-Su, Fern, Marisha and Zeze head to Big Brother ’s shed as they ask ‘what makes women powerful?’ and Zeze's comments leave Louis Walsh shocked. Zeze says: “I want to kick it off with this first statement - women concentrate on being attractive because we believe that attractiveness equals more success.” Marisha adds: “I do feel like being more attractive does help you.That’s why we change our teeth, why we add make-up, why we get straighter hair.

Celebrity Big Brother's Louis Walsh, who hasn't been shy about sharing his opinions while staying in the Big Brother house, revealed in the latest episode a cheeky question he previously asked Kate Middleton. Louis, 71, who has so far shared his thoughts on Jedward, Ronan Keating and Simon Cowell, recalled a moment where he chatted with the Princess Of Wales at the Chelsea Flower Show last year. During a chat with fellow housemate Fern Britton, Louis said: “I just want to know about Kate Middleton.

Jedward, the famous twin duo, have called Louis Walsh a 'cold-hearted b*****d' after he made some harsh comments about them on Celebrity Big Brother. During the episode on Tuesday 12 March of the popular ITV show, 71-year-old music manager and TV star Louis didn't hold back when talking about stars he's worked with in the past, including Jedward. Louis chatted with fellow housemate and Coronation Street actor Colson Smith about the twins, who he managed from 2009 to 2013.

Viewers of Celebrity Big Brother seem to have cracked Louis Walsh's approach to the game and think he's keen on an early exit with his pal Sharon Osbourne. Monday's episode saw the celebs at the famous ITV house getting their votes in on nomination day. After much discussion, the celebrities ended up nominating Louis, ZeZe Mills and Lauren Simon for eviction.

Louis Walsh has been at the centre of lots of Celebrity Big Brother on the latest instalment of the reality show - but it was his rather unusual eating habit that got people talking last night (Monday, 11 March). After yet more drama unfolded following Sharon Osbourne's shock decision not to save her X Factor pal from nomination, Louis tucked into his dinner with a huge oversized knife. As presenter AJ Odudu discussed this year's housemates with the guests on the Late and Live aftershow, she highlighted the somewhat bizarre move, telling them: "I spotted this...." before cutting to footage of Louis sat at the table using the oversized chef's knife and a normal-sized fork.

Celebrity Big Brother lodger Sharon Osbourne has revealed the real reason she signed up to do the show with Louis Walsh. Viewers have been delighted to see the TV reunion on the show, almost two decades after their first appearance together on the X Factor.