Olly Murs has admitted that he had to speak to a therapist after making a massive slip up during a live episode of The X Factor in 2015.

Olly was hosting the show alongside Caroline Flack, and accidentally announced that Monica would be leaving the show after he incorrectly counted the four judges’ votes.

The singer said the social media backlash started to affect his music career and he was prompted to seek help.

They really tried to take me to the cleaners. They tried to make me lose my job over a silly, small mistake,’ he told The Evening Standard.


‘And when I went back to singing, it made me overthink what I was doing: “I’m going to forget the lyrics, what I’m doing…” So that was something I needed to speak to a therapist about.

‘And I’m not scared to admit that – that’s the stigma that men have.’

Olly was ‘devastated’ by the blunder (Picture: ITV)

At the time, Monica defended Olly over the blunder, saying he was ‘absolutely devastated’ backstage.

She said: ‘Backstage he was absolutely devastated, so I feel really sorry for him.’

Olly apologised for his ‘massive f**k up’ in a tweet after the show aired.

He said: ‘I apologise to everyone tonight I made a massive f%#k up at the end. It was so tense!! I’m still learning & hope that never happens again!’

Monica was up against Anton Stephans in the sing-off with the show going to deadlock after they got two votes each from the judges.

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