Olly Murs says Caroline Flack told him ‘happiest’ times were working with him
Olly Murs has shared that the late Caroline Flack told him some of her "happiest" times were spent working with him.
The 39 year old singer and presenter, who found fame on The X Factor, presented spin-off series The Xtra Factor alongside Caroline for a number of years, and in 2015, they hosted the main show.
Caroline, who presented Love Island solo as well as a season of X Factor with Olly, tragically died by suicide in 2020, aged 40.
Chatting to Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen on the Take That: This Life podcast, Olly said: "They were great years and it was good for us 'cause we did The Xtra Factor at the time, so it was a bit more relaxed."
He added: "The way we wanted the show to be when I came in … we wanted to create that sort of TFI Friday kind of vibe."
Speaking about the judges, he said: "When you guys used to come down you could forget all the stuff that's going on and producers in your ears."
Gary Barlow, who was a judge on the X Factor from 2011 to 2013, responded saying they, the judges, would often "look forward to it".
Olly continued: "Me and Caroline sensed that and, bless her, when what happened in the last few years with Caz and her passing away in 2020, I actually got her to write something in my book on my tour in 2019 the Hits Tour."
"It's hard for me to talk about it, but she actually writes in it that the times that we had in the years that we worked together were the happiest that she had, but they were the happiest for me as well."
Speaking to Gary, he said: "We had such a laugh with you guys (judges), we were bantering, had fun with you, Nicole (Scherzinger)."
"It was just a really good, feel-good atmosphere and I think that's what Xtra Factor created and what me and Caroline loved and it really actually helped my career as well as I think people getting to know, not just my music, they got to know me as a person.
"It was brilliant times and X Factor was intense."
Asked if he enjoyed The X Factor, Gary said: "For me I always want to feel like I'm learning something and I definitely came away from that show feeling like I had learned a few bits and pieces I didn't know before."
Olly has also appeared on reality singing show The Voice as a judge and made a special appearance at Flackstock this year, a festival set up in honour of Flack to raise money for her favourite causes.
Take That will be touring This Life around the UK and Ireland in 2024 with Murs as a special guest.
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