Simon Cowell has blamed recent press stories about Danyl Johnson for his lack of support on the X Factor this week.

Since Danyl first made it to the live finals of the show, claims have been made that he has bullied fellow contestants, including Kandy Rain and Stacey Solomon.

Speaking on The Xtra Factor last night, Cowell announced:

“I think I’m going to have to get to the bottom of lots of the stories that are going around, people saying he is bullying them and stuff. I don’t believe them, but I think that they have an effect and we’re going to have to clear that up.

“People just don’t seem to like him. There have been stories written about him that people are not getting on with him, and he is going to have to put his side of the story across.”