Originally Posted by Brummy Girl:
“Wagner & 'Loaf Shack'
Can someone remind me what beef Cheryl had with him again? I remember she accused him of saying something about her in the press which she mentioned after one of his live performances and then I remember whatever response he gave back shut her up but I can't remember the details.”
According to Wagner: He made a comment to a journalist (who he didn't know was a journalist) saying that she was a role model because she came from a council estate but had the self-belief and determination to become the most famous woman in the country. The journalist twisted this and made out that Wagner was criticising her for coming from a council estate and that she had simply "got lucky" to become so famous. Cheryl confronted him about it on the show and Wagner very classily replied that she shouldn't believe what the press said, and then explained to her what he actually said to the journalist - that, as I've just explained, she was a role model etc.
Of course a cynical person might say that he HAD been critical about Cheryl to the journalist and then lied on air to cover his back, but he came across as very sincere and lovely when he said it, and I think Cheryl realised that he was telling the truth.