Ronan Keating has admitted he loves it when people absolutely hate him – and get offended with what he has to say.
The Life is a Rollercoaster singer finds the hatred especially comes out when he turns into the Simon Cowell of the Australian X Factor.
But Ro insisted: “I’m okay with people getting offended with what I have to say.
“But I have to say what I see and if I see something that is a bad song choice or a bad vocal performance, I’ll say it.
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“I won’t be the most-liked person in the room. You hear the audience boo and people at home might be booing.
“But I know the majority of people watching will be agreeing with me because I think it’s naive to give a positive comment when it’s not warranted, or attack someone when it’s not warranted.
“People aren’t stupid, people watching at home know. They make their mind up from bad and good, so I’ll always stick to my guns and be honest about a performance. I believe in that.”
And Ronan – who Louis Walsh claimed tried to take over his job on the UK version of the show – told the West Australian that he finds it tough deciding how sexy to make the females he’s mentoring.
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He added: “With the over-25 girls, you can put them in something sexy but with the under-25 girls you’ve got to be careful and think about what people at home are going to think.
“I don’t like kids growing up too fast, I’m the first to say ‘Hang on a second, slow down’.
“So I kind of had that approach to my contestants. It’s probably not a good thing in a way but I feel it’s the right thing. And I’ll stay true to that.”
