Megan McKenna: ‘I was stupid’ X Factor star opens up about ‘mistakes’ ahead of final
Megan McKenna, 27, has opened up about her reality television past while reflecting on her journey to The X Factor: Celebrity stage. Speaking to OK! Magazine, the former The Only Way Is Essex star addressed her more explosive on-screen moments including arguments which played out on the ITV2 show and during her stints on Celebrity Big Brother and Ex On The Beach.
The X Factor finalist told the publication that in spite of her “mistakes on TV”, she “doesn’t have any regrets”.
Megan explained: “I don’t have any regrets because I feel like it’s a part of my story.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’ve made a few mistakes on TV, which will be online forever [laughs]. But I was growing up and everybody grows up, just not many people’s mistakes get filmed.
“I’m not ashamed of it, that was just a part of me, and many people probably went through similar stuff growing up.”
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The singer admitted she was “young and stupid” at the time, but has since learnt to stay silent in tense situations.
Megan added: “I was young and stupid, and I would say stupid things. I’ve grown up a lot now and I now know when to keep my mouth shut!”
She continued: “I’ve had a few arguments on TV. But anybody who has an argument on TV is never going to come across well.
“But I feel like I am really happy in myself now and that makes a difference in the way you approach things and react.”
The TV personality then quipped: “I’ve grown up a lot. I’ve just got to laugh back at myself and think, ‘God, what a t*t!’”
Megan previously got candid about suffering from body dysmorphia and how it pushed her to keep having her lips injected.
The country singer had her lip fillers removed in a bid to be taken more seriously in her career.
Speaking about the decision on Heart FM, Megan said she felt the lip fillers “looked ridiculous” after she looked through all of her pictures on Instagram.
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“And then when I took a step back… I don’t know what it was, I woke up one day and I was like ‘oh my god I look ridiculous’, she explained.
“I went through all my pictures on my Instagram and I was like oh my god I’m embarrassed.”
She added: “I was embarrassed, I was mortified. I don’t know what it was.”
Megan made it through to the final of The X Factor: Celebrity after wowing the judges and viewers with her rendition of It Must Have Been Love.
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The star gushed about the exciting news in view of her 2.3 million Instagram followers and wrote: “So. This happened. I’ve been waiting my whole life to be given an opportunity to sing my heart out every week.
“The fact you guys are voting for me and I’m now a @thexfactor FINALIST is the best feeling in the world. I can’t thank you all enough.
“This is going to be the craziest week of my life so far. I freakin love you!”(sic)
The X Factor hopeful then added some words of wisdom for her fans as she included the hashtag: “#nevergiveuponyourdreams.”
The X Factor: Celebrity airs tonight at 7.10pm on ITV.
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