X Factor's Austin on school bullying

Updated 09.18 Sat Oct 11 2008
Keywords: ITV, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue, Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, X Factor

X Factor hopeful Austin Drage has been speaking about rumours that he was bullied at school.

He says he got some hassle from classmates for being a self-confessed "geek" but has forgotten all about it after his appearances on the hit ITV1 show.

Earlier this week, Austin admitted he once dressed up as a woman and joined a girlband

Earlier this week, Austin admitted he once dressed up as a woman and joined a girlband.

But it was all part of an experiment for a TV show.

The lads managed to fool record company bosses into believing that they were real women.

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