Alexandra Burke - X Factor 2008

Alexandra Burke’s mum has hit out at her daughter for claiming that she is jealous of her singing career.

Last week, Alex gave an interview to Marie Claire in which she said:

“Soul II Soul didn’t last as long as she wanted. Then I get this big new show, I win it and it’s weird for her.”

But Melissa Bell hit back in today’s Sunday Mirror saying:

She said: “What type of mum is jealous of her daughter? She doesn’t have millions but when she does she’ll look after me. If she gets the best then I get the best and getting my life-saving treatment – that’s my priority.”

Melissa is convinced that Alexandra did the interview to sell more copies of her new single The Man For Me.

She said: “It’s upsetting. I think her PR people are responsible. It’s about getting sympathy votes.”

She added: “It’s all very upsetting and she’s not even a success herself yet. I hope she is, but we don’t even know how her follow-up single is going to do.”

Melissa also denied Alexandra’s claims that she was thrown out of her family home at the age of 16.

She claimed: “I have certain rules. In Caribbean families you have to respect your parents. She needed to experience life, to see if the grass is greener – and she did. I don’t know where she went but the door was always open.”

So is Alex a liar or an exaggerator? She has since admitted that she was a bit tipsy whilst doing the interview so perhaps her replies coloured by the effects of the alcohol.