The X Factor’s Creative Director, Brian Friedman, has recently spoken out about his annoyance at Cheryl Cole’s criticism of his choice of outfits for some of the finalists during the show.

Brian helped boyband JLS come up with their outfits and choreography during Big Band week but Cheryl wasn’t impressed and called the boys outfits ‘dated’.

‘I didn’t think their jackets were dated at all,’ Brian told Now magazine.

‘They were made recently, they fitted great, and they looked smooth. Who’s Cheryl to say sequins are dated?’

‘I thought Cheryl was a bit hypocritical. She was just doing it for the reaction.’

Brian also revealed that he’d had differences of opinion with Louis Walsh too.

‘The thing is Louis is 100 years old,’ he said, adding, ‘His vision is clouded. it need dragging into the 21st century.’