Singer Tulisa Contostavlos, who is filling in for Mel B in The X Factor final tonight, has said that her leaked sex tape "destroyed her on a personal level".
In an interview with Jonathan Ross, the former X Factor judge said: "That really destroyed me on a personal level, on a mental level and I think I struggled with being a public figure because I felt it was being in the industry and this lifestyle that had made me feel like this.
"[I thought] 'If I wasn't famous the tape wouldn't be everywhere, I wouldn't be this way' and I got a little bit bitter a bit defensive and because I felt like everyone was judging me from it, I then had a chip on my shoulder."
The 26-year-old also told Ross about how she struggled through the past but she feels stronger coming out the other end: "Where I'm at now, I would describe it as the kind of life experience that you can't buy."
