Alexandra Burke has admitted that her mum, Melissa Bell, struggles with her success since winning X Factor.

Bell was a singer of British group Soul II Soul but failed to reach the level of fame she aspired to. It sounds like she’s experiencing some jealousy now that her daughter’s career is reaching heights that hers never did.

Burke told Marie Claire: “I think we’re too alike because we clash. We both sing. She had Soul II Soul but it didn’t last as long as she wanted it to last.

“Then I get this big new show, I win it, and it’s weird for her to see this. Although she’s proud, it’s like she wants to rewind time to when she was younger, when she didn’t have kids.

“I’ve never talked about this, by the way. We’re not a perfect family. Things p*ss me off. She kicked me out. And from 16 to 18-and-a-half I didn’t speak to my family at all. That was the hardest time of my life.”

Burke also told of how her family forced her to audition for the show. She said: “I remember waking up, and was like, ‘Leave me the f**k alone. Stop talking about X Factor, I don’t want to do it’.

“Mum’s already inside with her number, waiting for me. They went ‘No’ to Mum, ‘Yes’ to me.”