I blooming well knew it!!!

After the debut performance of Andrew Johnston on Britain’s Got Talent last Saturday, we were bombarded with stories of bullying and deprivation on the show and in the media the next day. Unreality TV were quick to ask if we were being played by the BGT team.

Today Andrew’s mum Morag spoke to the Daily Mail and admitted that the Britain’s Got Talent team had exaggerated Andrew’s plight somewhat. In fact she revealed that the family does NOT live on a council estate as reported and that anyone who had teased Andrew about his singing is now very supportive of his dream.

Morag explained: “I watched the programme myself on Saturday night, and I read the newspapers, and I thought: ‘Oh my goodness, what will the neighbours think? That isn’t the way it is at all.’

“It sounded like we had drug barons roaming the street, but it’s not that bad. I did tell them that when they were filming. I said it wasn’t a council estate, it was Housing Association, but I don’t think they knew the difference.

“They cut those bits out. People seem to have to put ‘council’ before the word ‘estate’. I don’t know why that is. I suppose it makes a better story, doesn’t it? And you kind of expect things to get hyped up a bit.”

Commenting on the bullies she added: “I don’t even know if they realise that they were the ones who caused him so much pain. You know what kids are like. They have no idea when they are being cruel.”

So who feels manipulated then? Anyone?