Former X Factor star Cher Lloyd has slammed the show once again.
The Swagger Jagger singer, 26, says her rise to fame from the ITV series at just 16 was all too much.
Speaking to Fabulous magazine, she says she suffered mental health consequences from the experience.
She said she loved the performing side of things, but the world of showbiz gossip was a “nightmare”.
Cher explained: “Anything creative was a dream for me.
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“When it came to the world of showbiz and gossip, that’s when it started to crumble and the dream turned into a little bit of a nightmare.
‘It was so mentally damaging’
“I feel like I was thrown to the wolves and it was so mentally damaging.”
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Cher reached fourth place in 2010’s X Factor, and was signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco label.
Her claims come just a month after she told The Sun the show tried to force her into a “showmance”.
She told the paper: “They gave me a few suggestions but it was just a crazy thing to ask.
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