Jeremy Edwards has slammed Howie Mandel after his \'X Factor: Celebrity\' audition.
The former \'Holby City\' and \'Hollyoaks\' actor teamed up with ex-\'Strictly Come Dancing\' star Brendan Cole to audition for the show but lashed out after they failed to impress Simon Cowell, his pal Howie Mandel who was in the audience, and judges Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger.
He told The Sun Online: "This was just me, I can\'t speak for Brendan on this. Brendan is more used to it than I am.
"They edited down quite a lot of what Howie said and I\'m going to be completely honest with you, I don\'t think a lot of it was necessary.
"I don\'t mind criticism and certain things didn\'t work.
"But certain things did and there was a lot of positives there, but A, he talked for ages and B, it was negative, negative, negative.
"At one point I wanted to say, \'dude, you\'re not even a judge so can you shut up. It only matters what these three say\'."
However, Brendan insisted he enjoyed the experience.
He said: "It was actually kind of clarifying because nobody knew what was going to be put out on the show.
"We were all there, it\'s a hell of an experience and they\'ve put together this incredible show and I was proud watching it.
"You cringe at your own stuff obviously, but as a whole you\'re proud of everybody because everyone has put together a really great show.
"The production team have obviously done a great job and here we are. I think it\'s going to be good Saturday night television."
