Pussycat
Dolls
star
Nicole
Scherzinger
is
excited
that
she
has
been
called
to
join
the
judging
panel
of
the
US
X
Factor
but
she
is
upset
with
her
ex-manager
Jeff
Haddad.
She
has
blasted
him
for
making
statement
that
she
was
the
first
choice
to
judge
the
show
and
that
Cheryl
Cole
was
used
for
publicity
stunt.
“That's
such
gossip,
man.
I
was
very
hurt
by
that
because
it
was
my
ex-manager
who
said
that.
It
just
unfortunately
goes
to
show
how
much
he
doesn't
know...
He
wasn't
involved.
It
was
a
hard
process
for
me
and
I'm
sure
for
Cheryl.
I
started
out
as
a
co-host
and
I
loved
the
job.
They
offered
me
the
job
(of
judge)
and
I
was
just
ecstatic
and
I
was
so
grateful
to
be
a
part
of
it
(show)
in
that
way,"
Nicole
said
on
U.S.
radio
show
Kidd
Kraddick
in
The
Morning..
The
Pussycat
Dolls
added
that
the
producers
of
the
show
would
not
spend
so
much
just
to
gain
cheap
publicity.
“I
don't
think
Freemantle
and
all
these
people
would
go
through
all
that
money
to
have
to
go
through
something
like
that,"
she
added.
It
may
be
recalled
that
Nicole
Scherzinger
was
called
in
to
join
Simon
Cowell,
L.A.
Reid
and
Paula
Abdul
to
judge
US
X
Factor
after
Girls
Aloud
singer
Cheryl
Cole
was
unceremoniously
sacked
from
the
judging
panel
after
a
few
auditions.