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It is no secret that the X Factor U.S has had its difficulties in its first season.
Surprisingly, the talent show has failed to win over the American audience and in the beginning the blame appeared to fall on its host, Steve Jones.
Well, the bosses needed to point the finger at somebody, didn’t they?!
Therefore the show’s PR people had to get their thinking caps on quick to find a way to boost the Welsh hunk’s popularity… So what do they do? They arrange for Jonesy to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres show to have him strip half naked in front of millions of viewers!
Er, Great idea…
In the most blatant display of tacky publicity seeking I’ve seen in a very long time, the 34-year-old was asked to remove his clothes by Ellen and don a skimpy black t-shirt, which promoted the X Factor on one side and the Ellen show on the other, to which our Steve was more than game to do!
As he stood topless showing off his macho muscles and hairy chest the studio audience could hardly contain their joy and screamed the roof off…
Could this be the start of Jonesy’s rise in popularity Stateside? We hope so!
Before ‘baring all,’ Steve was telling Ellen of the difficulties he faces being the host of the show and how his biggest problem is dealing with producers’ orders down his earpiece during the live shows, which has led to people to criticize Steve for cutting off the judges and rushing them.
He revealed: “There’s about five people screaming, ‘shut Paula up. Shut her up now. Move on.’ I’m going to have hearing damage in this ear by the end of series. I feel terrible because I feel on occasions I’m coming across as rude and abrupt and that’s really not me.”
Well Steve, if your explanation doesn’t make people understand you are just doing your job, then stripping off will surely win them over…
Hey, it worked on Halle Berry. And Hayden Panettiere. Oh, and Pamela Anderson and… er, the list goes on!
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