Former X Factor winner Matt Terry has slammed the show, saying he hopes it ‘never’ returns to screens and it’s ‘not good for people’.
The singer, 31, won the thirteenth series of the ITV show in 2016 and signed to Simon Cowell’s label Syco shortly thereafter.
But fame doesn’t come easy for many of the show’s participants with Matt claiming some ex-contestants still struggle with it today, six years after the show ended.
Asked if he thinks the show should come back, he told MailOnline: ‘Never! It’s not good – it’s not good for people. I’m strong, and I know how I dealt with it.
‘You go in there and you’re built up, and I was a waiter beforehand, so I’d never done anything of the sort, and you’re kind of thrust in.
Former X Factor winner Matt Terry has slammed the show, saying he hopes it ‘never’ returns to screens and it’s ‘not good for people’
The singer, 31, won the thirteenth series of the ITV show in 2016 and signed to Simon Cowell ‘s label Syco shortly thereafter
‘If X Factor comes back, I just hope they put some sort of psychological moment in for people. There are people who have come years before me, that are still confused and struggle with their identity.
‘I’m just so happy I got to a place where I feel like, you know what, I did it, it’s part of my story, but it’s not all of me. I can’t let this one thing define me.’
Matt, who released his debut album Trouble in 2017, told how he struggled to adjusted to fame after the show.
He also found there was ‘no support’ when the series ended and he ‘struggled’ after.
He said: ‘For me it felt like I’d finished the show, and off you go into the big wide world, on your own. There was no support, and I just didn’t realise it.
‘When I came off the show, it changed my life, and it opened many doors, but I struggled definitely. Afterwards, there wasn’t anyone there to help me.
‘I’m grateful that I’ve got a good set of friends and solid family, which is lucky because not everybody has that, to say, ‘You’re human, you’re fine, you’re not just an X Factor winner, but you’re also Matt Terry, the person.’
Matt did note that one person from The X Factor still looks out for him to this day: his show mentor Nicole Scherzinger.
But fame doesn’t come easy for many of the show’s participants with Matt claiming some ex-contestants still struggle with it today, six years after the show ended
Matt did note that one person from The X Factor still looks out for him to this day: his show mentor Nicole Scherzinger
He said: ‘She’s the only one that if I reach out or vice versa, we are there for each other. We don’t hang all the time, but we’re friends.
Matt also spoke about Lucy Spraggan who left The X Factor in 2012 after she was raped by a hotel porter while taking part on the show.
Matt said: ‘It shocked me, and it also proves how far it has come along. That wasn’t happening when I was on [the show], so if it does come back, and I hope it doesn’t for the contestants’ sake.’
Matt’s debut single When Christmas Comes Around reached number three in the charts and he feels it’s harder than ever to get a number one song these days.
He said: ‘The world has changed, and it’s not easy to get a number one record. There are established artists with hundreds of millions of followers, who are struggling to hit the top ten, and so it’s not about that music anymore, whereas X Factor used to almost always guarantee you your number one.
‘I got my number three and I’m very happy with that. To be number three in the charts six months after saying, ‘Hello sir, what can I get you?’ it’s a big achievement.’
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