TV duo Ant and Dec, have admitted that Simon Cowell apologised for hiring Kelly Brook without consulting them.

Kelly was hired as the fourth Britain’s Got Talent judge earlier this year, but sacked after only six days on the job.

Speaking at the time, Dec admitted: “We were angry about Kelly. But it was because no-one asked our opinion. What was upsetting was that it happened in the first place. It was wrong from the start.”

In a new interview with Q magazine Ant commented: “We had a bit of an issue with him bringing in a fourth judge. But we sat down and talked about it and he apologised for not consulting us.”

Dec added: “Simon’s not that big a pain in the arse. He’s quite charming.”

Former Strictly Come Dancing competitor, Kelly Brook, has lent her support to Alesha Dixon as a new judge on the show.

Kelly competed alongside Alesha when she eventually won the show back in 2007 and though she mentions her affection for outgoing judge Arlene Phillips, Brook thinks Alesha will being a lot to Strictly Come Dancing.

Brook is quoted by OK as saying: “It must be so hard for Alesha but she’ll be fine. I think she will be great.

“She’s such an amazing dancer. I think she’ll bring so much to the show. She looks amazing and has a great personality. It’s a great thing for Strictly to have her.”

Confirming that she also sympathises with Phillips, the star added: “It would have been nice to have them side by side.”

Kelly Brook has admitted that she loved her stint on Britain’s Got Talent, even though she got the sack after only six days.

Speaking to Red, she said: “So it didn’t work out. I look at it like this, I sat next to Simon Cowell. I judged a few people, it was great.

“I had a fantastic time and, yes, I would have loved to be on it more. But where one door closes, another one opens. After Britain’s Got Talent, I went on holiday to LA and got approached outside a restaurant to act in [Piranha 3D].

“If I’d still been doing Britain’s Got Talent, I wouldn’t be doing the film. You have to be positive about life.”

She added: “After Britain’s Got Talent, I wrote a letter – all my feelings about the whole thing – and then threw it away. You have to get it out and I find it really helps. It helps your brain process it.”

Piers Morgan has claimed that Kelly Brook didn’t deserve all the bitchy comments levelled at her when she was sacked from the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel.

On his official blog, Morgan wrote: “Next week you will see Kelly Brook make her much discussed appearance at the Manchester auditions.

“Kelly was a nice girl, and a good laugh, and doesn’t deserve the bitchy comments she has been getting. But as you’ll see, having a fourth judge just all seemed a bit weird.”

Amanda Holden has spoken out about the recent sacking of Kelly Brook from Britain’s Got Talent, saying that four judges was just too confusing.

“Kelly’s a lovely girl, but it doesn’t work with four people, it doesn’t,” she told GMTV. “Because when you get two buzzes, and then two non-buzzes, Ant and Dec and everyone was going, ‘What does that mean?’…and it was so ridiculously confusing.

“It was a shame for her because she was thrown completely in at the deep end.”

Kelly Brook is said to be seriously concerned about her TV presenting career after being recently dropped from Britain’s Got Talent.

Kelly was hired as a judge last month and then sensationally dropped after only six days on the panel.

A show insider told Now magazine: “Kelly feels she’s been made a fool of.

“She’s worried she won’t get any more high-profile TV gigs because people will feel she can’t cut it.

“She hates her bimbo image and is desperate to be taken seriously. She’s terribly upset.”

Another source claimed that Kelly’s role as a BGT judge was a “disaster waiting to happen” as TV presenting has never been one of the former model’s strong points.

“It’s led some to wonder if Simon and ITV bosses used her to drum up publicity, although they’ve emphatically denied that,” the source added.

Britain’s Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan has defended Simon Cowell’s decision to sack Kelly Brook after only six days as a judge.

Morgan told the News Of The World: “This is the biggest show on British television. You don’t want to damage the brand trying to flog something that isn’t working. In these situations you have to deal with it.

“It would have been worse if we’d got to the end of the audition process and the show wasn’t very good. It would have been confusing for the public – which would have been a disaster.”

Morgan, showed a rare glimpse of his sympathetic side when he revealed his empathy for Kelly saying:

“The producers watched the tapes back from six shows we did and it didn’t seem right having a fourth judge,” he explained. “I feel very sorry for Kelly. She’s upset about leaving. I’m going to have a chat with her and support her.”

Simon Cowell has reportedly told his publicist, Max Clifford that he feels really bad about sacking Kelly Brook from her position of judge on this years Britain’s Got Talent.

Kelly was only signed for the new series last week and a mere six days into filming was let go from the show.

Simon is said to be assuring the UK press that Kelly was not bad or wooden or useless, but that he had to let her go as it became clear that three judges were better than four.

“I had a long conversation with Simon after he flew back from LA,” What’s On TV quote Clifford as saying. “I feel for her and so does he. It must be very upsetting (for her), and that’s why he was very very keen to let everybody know that Kelly did everything that was asked but it was one judge too many for that format.”

“It was an experiment and Simon just feels very bad because it’s been made to seem as if she failed and she didn’t fail,” he added.

“He said to me this morning: ‘She was good, Max, she was genuinely good’. Simon’s always looking for new shows, always thinking about possibly doing this, possibly doing that and Kelly is definitely someone he would want to work with again provided there’s the right format.”

So it would seem that Kelly Brook has NO talent as her stint as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent lasted a mere six days. Simon Cowell hired her last week and sacked her this, after there was a severe lack of chemistry between her and her fellow judges.

Simon Cowell brought Kelly on board at the last minute for a whopping £200,000, so late in the game that even Ant and Dec weren’t told of the appointment. However he realised quickly that the girl is just a pretty face, something I could have told him after watching her present ITV’s Love Island in 2005.

An insider told The Mirror: “She simply didn’t have what it takes. There have been a lot of tears and tantrums the past few days. Kelly came breezing in and Amanda, in particular, was very worried. But as soon as the first act came in it was clear that Kelly wasn’t ready.

“You have to think on your feet to come up with something good to say each time. It can be very tough keeping it fresh. Kelly struggled from the start. Simon and the producers tried to give her advice, but it didn’t seem to work.

“She got very stressed and upset as she thought people were having a go and that just made her more nervous. There was an almighty row and it was downhill from there.”

The insider added: “Simon quickly realised he had made a mistake and thought it best to cut his losses. He thinks the world of Kelly and knows she is talented.

“He thought she would bring some glamour to the series.

“But he realised that she wasn’t right. He couldn’t let his personal feelings get in the way of the show so everyone decided it was best to call it a day. It’s not as if Kelly was enjoying the experience much herself.”

Simon said in a statement: “I have genuinely enjoyed working with Kelly, she is absolutely lovely and a complete professional.

“But it’s become clear the format doesn’t support another judge and we will never add a fourth judge to the panel.”

A spokesman for production company Talkbackthames added: “The format of the show is cleaner and less complicated with just three judges, which was not fully appreciated ahead of filming.

“Producers reviewed the tapes over the weekend and although Kelly brings a huge amount of warmth to the show and we’ve loved having her on board, the complications it adds to the filming process and format of the show means that unfortunately, and with huge regret, we have agreed with ITV not to proceed with a fourth judge.”

The only TV show that Kelly has ever really added to was Strictly Come Dancing, and that’s really because she wasn’t allowed to speak much. Brook comes across as a really nice girl, she’s probably a really great gal pal but on TV she’s like a limp lettuce. She is wooden and clichéd and her presenting live presenting skills are seriously lacking. I think that Simon made the right call on this one!

The Britain’s Got Talent judges round kicked off this week and yesterday new judge Kelly Brook sat in on her first auditions.

Rumours suggest that presenters Ant and Dec didn’t even know she had been hired until she turned up on set, that must have hurt!

Here are a few pictures of Amanda and Kelly as they turned up to hear the hopefuls. Kelly looks as amazing as ever, but I don’t think much of Amanda’s. Do you?