'Tell Him I Said Get Fucked': Shannon Noll Claims He Was Ripped Off By Simon Cowell

Shannon Noll has made some explosive claims against Simon Cowell, alleging that the mega producer ripped him off over his 2004 debut single, What About Me.

As Daily Mail reports, the Orange-born singer opened up on last night's episode of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, telling his camp mates, "Fuck Simon Cowell. Tell him I said, ‘Get fucked’, if you ever see him".

Pressed on the issue, Noll alleged that his publicist met with Cowell about releasing his Moving Pictures cover in the UK after it "went bananas" on local radio stations in Ireland and peaked at #2 on the Singles chart in the country.

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However Cowell declined, allegedly saying, "Just because it works in Ireland don't mean it'll work in England".

Noll continued, "He signed the runner up out of The X Factor and cut What About Me on his own.

"Sold a million albums."

The artist in question is UK singer Shayne Ward who indeed released his own version of What About Me on his 2006 self-titled debut album, however it was never released as a single. 

It should also be noted that Ward in fact won the second series of the singing competition.

When ask if he ever confronted Cowell over the move, Noll responded, "Oh I've never seen him. I never met the fucking idiot".