Graham Norton has denied slagging off The X Factor, after he was quoted as saying the music talent show has "lost its credibility".
In an interview with UK entertainment magazine The Radio Times, the Corkman apparently said he hasn't watched the Simon Cowell production for a number of years.
"It just seems so long now - it's endless," he said.
"Also, the people aren't very good, so to all the judges' comments of 'I'd buy your album tomorrow' you think, 'You're never having an album'. You wouldn't throw 50p at them if they were busking in the Tube."
The X Factor is struggling in the ratings compared with previous years with 7.3 million tuning in to watch the series, a fall of more than 1 million since last year.
However today Norton took to Twitter to deny that he had ever made those comments. Has Simon Cowell got hold of his phone number?
Lot of stuff about me and X-Factor in the press today. I haven't done an interview for over three months so no idea where it's come form. Gx
— graham norton (@grahnort) September 15, 2015
