'X Factor' USA stand-in Louis Walsh teased by judges Demi and Britney
Published Jun 9 2012, 15:05 BST | By Alison Rowley
Judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have teased Louis Walsh about filling in for Simon Cowell on The X Factor USA.The panellists, who are both new to the show, took to Twitter yesterday (June 8) to joke about Louis's relative anonymity in the US.
"Yeah, substitute teacher!!" tweeted Lovato, after the official X Factor USA account announced that Walsh would be taking Cowell's place due to illness.
Spears pretended that she thought Walsh was a reality star, saying: "Louis? That guy is on the real housewives or something... right? (sic)"
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Spears and Lovato eventually made amends with Walsh, with Spears tweeting: "Just kidding! Love Louis. Met him at @TheXFactor in the UK! Welcome to the @TheXFactorUSA gang."
She then posted a picture of herself and the British X Factor judges (including Walsh) taken after her performance on the show in 2008.
However, the popstars later made it clear that their allegiance lies with Cowell.
"I can't believe I'm actually saying this... but I miss @SimonCowell," posted Spears. "Hope you feel better soon!"
Watch the trailer for the latest series of X Factor USA below:
I love Britney and Demi. I think they work well together.
June 10th 2012 at 5:20pm(+3 likes)
He's a lunatic
June 10th 2012 at 5:16pm
fact is louis walsh has manged more talent then both of them have got put togheter
i really want him to say oh hi girls didnt know yous got out of rehab
June 10th 2012 at 4:00pm(+2 likes)
lol this will be funny to watch
June 10th 2012 at 2:13pm(+2 likes)
LOL!
June 10th 2012 at 1:13pm(+1 like)