Tulisa mellowing with age
Tulisa Contostavlos would have decked a mouthy contestant if she wasn't an 'X Factor' judge.
The N-Dubz singer, who is joined on the panel of the ITV1 show by Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland, was subjected to a tirade of abuse by wannabe George Gerasimou during the London auditions, and admits she would have retaliated had it been 10 years ago.
Asked why she didn't "smash" the 19-year-old hopeful in the face when he branded her a "scumbag", Tulisa replied: "Well, if it was 10 years ago I would have, but I'm an 'X Factor' judge now and I'm not allowed to do things like that."
George, who performed an ill-fated audition for 'The X Factor' in 2009 alongside his then band Triple Trouble in which he was booed off stage, didn't take kindly to Tulisa's suggestion that he still had an "aggressive" attitude.
He said: "Who are you? Some scumbag that tried to replace Cheryl Cole."
After being removed from the stage by security guards he continued his rant, branding Tulisa a "dog" before being reprimanded by show host Dermot O'Leary.
However, the judging panel were unanimous in their dislike for George, who claimed to have "matured" following his 2009 audition, with head judge Gary Barlow likening him to a "dodgy curry".
He said: "Some things mature nicely, like a nice cheese or wine. But you're like a dodgy curry, mate."
'The X Factor' returns to ITV1 on Saturday night.
