Britney Spears was surprised to see her former duet partner Don Philip on the âX Factorâ stage, but after being voted from the audition round, the 32-year-old now says he was âset up.â
While audiences heard bits of Philipâs story, there apparently was a lot they didnât see. The singer, who collaborated with Spears on âI Will Still Love Youâ from her debut album â⦠Baby One More Time,â was shown crying on stage before he even sang for the judges. This, he tells Access Hollywood, was because the panel âbulliedâ him into revealing that heâs gay.
âBackstage, Iâd talked to the producers about what was my secret was. And I mentioned that my secret was I was gay, but I really didnât want to talk about it on the show,â he claimed. âSo, minutes later when I got on stage, L.A. Reid said, âWhatâs the secret? Whatâs the secret?â over and over again. And I had to say it. I just felt like they were going to say it so I felt like I needed to say it first. And, I was just so emotionally distraught, I couldnât pull it together to actually sing.â
FOX did not air what Philip claims happened. He was unanimously voted off by the panel, including Spears, who said his voice wasnât âup to the bar of the standards of âThe X Factor.ââ
âIt makes it kind of worse,â he told the New York Post of not making it through to the next round. âMy mother has still not spoken to me. It is like I went through all this [coming out] for nothing. Everyone knows I am gay now.â
âThe judges were not given any information at all about Mr. Philip prior to his audition. The personal information that Mr. Philip quickly volunteered at the start of his audition was a surprise to the judges, who asked what had happened during the past 10 years, as they were interested in Mr. Philipâs career. While we understand his decision to discuss his personal life, Mr. Philipâs sexual orientation was not something that any of the judges or producers felt was relevant to this audition. When advertising and promoting open auditions, thousands of people are informed about the ways to enter the show. Mr. Philip himself chose to enter for a chance to win a five million dollar recording contract.â
Watch Don Philipâs Audition on âThe X Factorâ
Listen to Britney Spears âI Will Still Love Youâ Feat. Don Philip
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