There have been lots of rumors and accusations flying around this weekend. Can you clear up what's been going on?
"There have been accusations, but I'm going to stamp out the bullying thing. There has been no bullying going on at all. People said that Misha bullied me. Can you imagine? I'm nearly 6ft, she's 5ft bloody 1. As if she's going to bully a big girl like me. It's laughable and ridiculous."

What went on between Misha and Rhythmix?
"The thing with her and Rhythmix, we all argue over silly little things. Things like hair, make-up. There's a lot of pressure and we're just like teenagers in this show, we just argue."

So there haven't been any bust-ups with you and the girls?
"All girls have disagreements, all the time. Misha was a close friend in the house. But we've all been under pressure. We're all tired, we all get monthly symptoms at the same time. We're all in sync with each other!

"I think it's been fantastic and we've all got on very well, considering we've been thrust together and have to live together. There are going to be disagreements from time-to-time, but the bullying thing is a bit silly. Me and Misha, as if someone that small would bully me! I'm a big bear compared to that little thing."

Would you describe Misha as a diva or a bully?
"I think it all gets a bit muddled up with her confidence. I think people like to see a timid character, but Misha is confident in her own skin. She knows how to work it. She knows how to stand on a stage. I haven't got a bad thing to say about her, honestly."


So there you have it. There was NO. BULLYING. People who jumped to conclusions and believed all the unsubstantiated rumors about Misha should be ashamed of themselves.

yet there people still stating right now on DS that:

Misha is a bully and there is no denying it
Tulisa and Louis were correct to accuse her on the live show

and that they are entitled to think that too

Let them hate it makes them feel better about themselves. Misha is talented and is rising above it with maturity. Tulisa made herself look bad and Louis lost an act whose laughing now.

Ah Sami is such a nice person and probably still under contract hoping for the big break.

Hmm the Bully?

Hardly stop reaching it is desperate. Sami has been honest about Louis and his fallings as a mentor and what she wish could have been done differently. Sami is a grown woman with attitude I cannot see her saying anything she did not want to say.

So, Tulisa who insinuated the bullying & Louis who apologised for the suggestion he made about bullying aren't under contract ?

Tulisa never called Misha a bully said she could come off being mean but never called her a bully she basically said what Sammi said about the confidence thing just worded it differently tulisa more or less was saying u can come off a bit feisty and to over confident some people will take that the wrong way. They will take it as you are a bitch or an asshole. Tulisa was basically just saying channel that feistiness and bring it onstage and leave it off the stage because people could perceive it to be different. I understand that because my brothers dad is like that very in your face feisty and confident if u don't know him personally and met him for the first time u would think he is the biggest asshole but he isn't. I never heard tulisa call Misha a bully.

It doesn't matter if Tulisa didn't use the word, she chose to bring it up and started this whole mess and so the blame is entirely hers and she has to deal with it.

Well, to tell the truth Tulisa never said that Misha was bullying her acts.
She said that some acts told her that Misha was mean to them.
What I understood from all of that is:

Rhythmix had an argument with Misha. Misha probably has a very intense personality and I don't think she talks to other contestants in the most kind way (some people say things loud and try to show that they have the upper hand maybe because that's how they were raised and they believe that with this attitude will go forward. They can use words that can be a little mean. I believe Misha belongs to these people and I am not saying this as a bad thing. But prob that's how she is. She became tough having to go through some difficult times while she was young).

So probably a disagreement with Rhythmix led to Misha talking to them in a bad way and being received as being mean and hurt the girls' feelings. Tulisa and Rhythmix are very close so they talked about it but I don't think they told Tulisa "Misha was mean to us, mention it in the live shows" but what is more likely to have happened was Tulisa asking "Why are u girls down today? " and their response would have to do with Misha.

After that incident Tulisa thought it was better to mention it live as this had an effect in the way Rhythmix were feeling and that would affect their performance.

I don't think Tulisa did something wrong. Everybody keeps saying how funny Marcus is backstage and what great personality he and Sophie have. If this is all about the performance they shouldn't mention anything like that. Tulisa thought she should mention the Misha incident on the live shows and she did. She didn't call her a bully or anything. She just told her that she doesn't want her to be mean at her acts.

That's the way I received the whole incident and I don't think it was as bad as some people did and went to the point of calling Tulisa a racist..

It was Louis Walsh who mentioned the "bully" word. Sami, on This Morning denied there was any bullying, so who knows where he got that from. He himself said on the Results show that he got "carried away" and should not have used the word.

Tulisa only told her off (sorry theres no need for arguements on the show - they don't even need to be involved in other acts stuff, especially those in her group)

Louis said bully because Kelly wasn't listening and he was trying to make her take things seriously. He wasn't calling her a bully but saying acts were feeling bullied.

Done - also the above doesn't deal with the problems Louis acts had.


Misha is still a pain. As is Kelly. Done.

Louis said the bully word and that is what people ran with. He said she had bullied one of his girls as they had complained to him about it.

I feel sorry for Misha if all it was, was a tiff over make up. I mean seriously!

Her whole life and future career could have been ruined by that one comment when it appears there wasn't anything in it. No wonder Louis felt he had to say sorry.

Exactly. She never said that Misha was a bully. She didn't like her attitude towards the girls backstage and decided to say something on the live shows. She also said Misha is the star of the show. Also she is not very likeable amongst the public so it's good to tell this early so she can change her behaviour. Misha is not going to leave the competition if acts like Frankie are still on the show. So why not have the opportunity to change their attitude? They say that to Kitty all the time...

'Bully' has become a reality TV buzz word. It started with BB and ever since the word has been casually thrown around to describe someone who disagrees with another or has a different point of view. It is also liable to be used within arguments so it wouldn't surprise me if it was used here without the user understanding the real meaning. It's a grave accusation to throw at anyone and Louis half-hearted apology was pathetic in the extreme. The Misha doubters will still find other things to complain about or pick at.

Have to agree with that and I'm am seriously wondering why teenagers bickering among themselves was even seen as worthy of comment I'm sure it's not the first time it's happened on a show where everyone is fiercely competing with each other, Now the whole thing is out of control, people are thinking of Misha in terms of very negative sterotypes, and they try to play it down . My personal feeling is that it is not so much a case of the X Factor management trying to play down the 'bullying' but trying to fan the flames of normal backstage bickering to get some publicity for this tired show ...

Won't convince people who are determined to believe Misha's a bully though.

It's still to hypocritical for people to be mad at tulisa for bringing up backstage stuff, i feel like if u you are allowed to say such and such is a delight to be with backstage, are such and such is wonderful backstage then u should be allowed to say if something isn't right going on backstage too. My whole thing is if it's ok to bring up the positives that go on backstage, then u should be able to bring up what goes backstage that isn't positive. At the end of the day it's a competition her job Is to mentor and protect her own acts. Tulisa might hav brought it up but still she never called her a bully, and listening to her comments bully to me was never even insinuated. Her whole thing was your personality basically can probably come off the wrong way to people so basically channel that energy even more to your performances on stage.

Well I think if it is not likely to affect the voting process in a negative manner then why shouldn't the fact that Marcus is funny and kindhearted not be mentioned to the public?

The fact remains that Tulisa knew exactly what she was doing when she decided to attack this young girl's character on live TV in front of millions. There is no getting away from that no matter how much you Tulisa fans try to twist it. What she did was wrong and the whole world insidie and outside of the UK (those who watch the xfactor) know she was wrong and unless she apologises or at least shows some sort of remorse fot what she did then I doubt her career will go much further than the boundaries of Chav Town...certainly not international anyway. She is forever going to be labelled with the racist tag like Cheryl Cole.

So you agree that there was an argument?
Did Misha argue with herself?
Why did Tulisa feel the need to tell her off publicly on the show? Why didn't she tell off Rhythmix as well? How would Tulisa have felt if Kelly had told off her girls live on TV in front of the world?

THIS. Tulisa was WAY out of order bringing it up on the live shows. Louis fanned the flames further with the "bully" word and it all spiraled out of control.

Well, I said it before in another thread and I will say it again. It is a matter of opinion. I would want to know what's happening backstage and if someone was mean to another act. U may not want to know or don't care. It is totally respected. Some people will not care that this was mentioned and will continue to vote for Misha.

Tulisa 's job is to have an opinion, so if she feels that she has to express it live, why not do it?


that's funny Personally I am not trying to twist anything. I am just expressing my opinion and how I saw the whole scene.

Well Tulisa's opinion and the choice to air out dirty laundry is having a negative affect on her career and serve her right too!

If it has, then it's her problem, isnt it? Her fans though will continue to be her fans and love her And maybe Cheryl is hated ( I don't know, to tell u the truth because I see it outside the UK and I am under the impression that she has many fans) but she has many money and had number ones.

I wouldn't categorize myself as a Tulisa fan either, this is coming from someone who is from the US and i never heard of n dubz or tulisa until this years Xfactor. This whole thing is not that serious, and I think people are making it bigger then it needs to be, reading around it doesn't seem like this is the first time something like this has happened. Like I mentioned before if your allowed to bring up positive stuff that goes on backstage, it shouldn't be a problem to voice concerns of things that are not so positive going on backstage.