Walsh is ‘X Factor’s’ Fr Jack, says host O’Leary

X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary has compared Louis Walsh to Father Ted’s Jack Hackett — for his habit of making outrageous statements about his co-stars.

Louis Walsh mischievously branded fellow X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos a “chav in a tracksuit” this week, although he has since clarified that the remarks were intended to be light- hearted.

But O’Leary yesterday said there is no malice in the Mayo’s judge’s cheeky jibes at the other judges.