Louis AGAIN!

[Helen]

Irish News of the World

27/3/2005

WALSH IS SO BITTER SAYS RO.

Ronan Keating has blasted his ex-manager Louis Walsh for saying he was GLAD the singer's album flopped.

The star admitted Walsh helped him to get to the top, then added:

"He is a very bitter man - it's sad the things he has said about me. I've been a gentleman about it."

The pair have waged a war of words since Ronan SACKED Louis in 2003 because he believed they didn't share the same vision for his career.

Ronan, 27, said: "Louis and I were extremely close - and we made really good records together.

"He helped me to get where I am today and I would never say otherwise or take that away from him.

"I had to move on from Louis because he wasn't managing me any more plain and simple.

"His other acts are all afraid to sack him - but I won't go there".

Last week we revealed the depth of Louis' bitterness towards Ronan. The X-Factor host said: "Because he sacked me, and his album flopped when he sacked me, I was delighted".

Ronan has replied: "I love Louis to bits, he was like a father to me.

"The whole thing hurts and upsets me and he knows it hurts me

[Helen]

LOUIS' GLEE AT RONAN'S SOLO FAILURE

POP guru Louis Walsh was delighted when Ronan Keating's career hit the skids. The Irish hit maker says he could never have turned the former Boyzone star into Robbie Williams. And he felt, "shocked and mislead," when Keating sacked him.

In a frank interview with the BBC's John Daly, Walsh reveals he hit the road to pop stardom as a 16-year old pushing showbands and talks of becoming a star himself on the X Factor. He also confesses he could never work with Van Morrison and comes clean about the main reasons why bands split girlfriends.

Walsh says he was inspired to create Boyzone after watching Take That and East 17 in Dublin. "I came away saying I'm going to find an Irish Take That," he says. "It was really good for the first few years," says Louis. He touted the band around record companies while they picked up just £60 a night for gigs before hitting the jackpot as one of the biggest Irish bands ever.

But when Ronan decided to leave it was the beginning of the end. "They never said they were going to split up when Ronan was doing his solo thing. I went with Ronan because I thought he was the star of the show. He was ambitious and he wanted to be a big star more than anything else. It did work very well for a time," says Louis, before things turned sour. "He sacked me and because he sacked me and his album flopped I was delighted. That's the way I felt," he says.

[aussiekerry]

Louis Walsh sounds like a jealous bitter man to keep going on about it..he should just get over it