What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.'

I’ve always wanted to act.

I’d love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas – Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.

I don’t see the point in being bitter.

I would never have been discovered without the X Factor. I was just doing the working men’s clubs and I loved doing that. That was the life for me at that time. I never expected to be noticed doing that, that’s why I went for X Factor by myself.

It’s easy to have the wrong type of people around you.

I don’t think that money makes you any better brought up than I was.

I can never go to a clairvoyant. I’d be too afraid of what they might tap into.

Have you any idea what it’s like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the best word for it.

I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It’s about stability for the future.