Simon Cowell denies Britney 'X Factor' walk-off
Published May 26 2012, 16:47 BST | By Zeba Blay
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Rumours emerged earlier this week that the singer left her judge's seat after a hopeful contestant butchered her hit song 'Hold it Against Me'.
However, the 30-year-old later denied the incident and claimed that she is having "the best time" as a judge alongside Cowell, Demi Lovato and LA Reid.
Cowell has now released a video via TMZ insisting that reports of a walkout are untrue.
In the video, which also features Lovato, he says: "I'm Simon Cowell, I'm on the panel. There have been no walk-offs on the show."
Spears signed on as host after judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul were fired last season.
She signed a $15 million (£9.3m) deal to judge on The X Factor earlier this month, after several weeks of negotiations.
Watch Simon Cowell in the full video statement below:
Photo gallery - Judges arrive for the X Factor auditions in Texas:
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Britney Spears arriving at The X Factor USA's Texas auditions at the Frank Erwin Center.
Who cares what she did or didn't do? It's only to add more publicity to Cowell's endless money making machine
May 27th 2012 at 8:31am
Britney needs a new stylist and I don't know who Demi Levito is?
May 27th 2012 at 2:32am
she actually looked fine i think your blind go see a doctor !
May 27th 2012 at 12:02pm
Is causing stir because is Brittney. That's it. But I find odd that Cowell(BTW, he's 30!?!?) send the vid statement to TMZ. They have been running on it, and !E was the one who in fact defended Brittney(at least elaborated on it).
I don't watch "X-Factor", but she should have said she was working out her legs. It would have been positive reinforcement(look at those legs!).
May 26th 2012 at 10:44pm
Who cares whether she did or didn't walk off! I for one cannot wait for this to return! :)
May 26th 2012 at 10:37pm
Who'd have a thought a toilet break would cause this much stir? Only a legend.
May 26th 2012 at 10:21pm(+1 like)