Glenda Gilson defends pal Louis Walsh after backlash from Boyzone documentary
Following the release of Sky's docu-series Boyzone: No Matter What, the music manager was criticised for his treatment of the hit boyband.
Glenda – who has been a long-time friend of Louis' as well as Boyzone star Keith Duffy – responded to the criticism the former X Factor judge received.
The former Xpose star said: "Well, I'm on two sides there, because I'm great pals with the lads as well. Keith Duffy would be a good friend of mine, but Louis is my pal. I could see two sides of it. I could totally see it.
"Louis got them headlines they never would have gotten in their life. But I see the way Louis works. We all know you take it with a pinch of salt, and it's also edited. Chop a few words out of a sentence, and it sounds totally different."
The Dubliner, from Castleknock, also spoke about Louis being on Celebrity Big Brother, saying she thinks he found it "tough" being stuck in the house.
"I just remember watching him laughing, you know, when you know someone. But I thought he was brilliant. I thought he did all the interviewing, like Kate Middleton's own brother… He (Louis) did the interview, and he asked the questions we all wanted to know.
"But I'd say that was tough for him, like it has to be tough for a man of his age, a man that's so used to having his own privacy and then being in Big Brother…"
Last year, the Mayo native revealed he had been diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer, which he identified as 'Waldenström'.
Asked how Louis is doing since his blood cancer diagnosis, she said in jest: "He's good. It's Louis, you can't kill a bad thing."
Glenda, who is married to businessman Rob MacNaughton stepped back from the spotlight over the last few years to raise her two sons, Bobby and Danny.
But the Dubliner admitted she would like to make a return to TV at some point.
"I don't know (when I will). At least this year, my two kids will be on the same school run, school time, I feel like I get a bit of my life back. But I told my life is their life, if you know what I mean. So I want to be there for pickups, collection, all that I do to dabble in and out of work.
"I love people, and I love talking to people. I love having the craic. That was what I was all about. I love communicating with people. I love people. So anything that gets me doing that.
"I mean, people said to me, 'are you writing a book?' And I'm like, 'No, I'd have to die the next day.' And then I tell them a few stories, and they're like, 'Glenda, write the book.' But I'd have to seriously die the next day."
But she said taking a step back to raise her kids was the best decision she ever made.
"Probably, and it was at a time when everything changed as well, like Xpose, you couldn't see around today. It wouldn't be around today. You couldn't do what we did, just with everything.
"You know, the way life is. But so, yeah, time changed for a reason, I think.
"And you know, I was a child model. I was modelling at three years of age, I was always working so and I always said my mom was always at home for me and picked me up from school and was always there.
"So it was kind of what I was used to. I wanted to do that, and I've been afforded to do that right now."
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