SYMPATHY: Nicky Byrne says Brian is a nice guy
Monday April 11 2011
WESTLIFE have ruled out any Take That-style reunion with 'prodigal son' Brian McFadden.
There's no immediate plans to welcome the former member back for a one-off performance, with the lads themselves admitting it's "unlikely" to happen.
While talking to the audience during one recent gig, their jokes about how they might bring out McFadden were met with a chorus of boos.
Nicky Byrne (31) has revealed how he "feels sorry" for Brian after his split from fiancee Delta Goodrem. None of the band members has heard from the Artane native after he confirmed his seven-year relationship was over.
Speaking for the first time about Brian's newly single status, Nicky said his sympathies would lie with him.
"I haven't actually heard from Brian at all. I like him and I genuinely feel sorry for him. I would never wish any badness on him. He's a nice guy, deep down," he said.
McFadden quit the band in 2004 to go solo, but failed to achieve the same success.
As Westlife finished a string of five sell-out dates in the O2 last night, Kian Egan also said they hadn't heard anything from Brian. "Not a word, not a text, not a tweet, nothing," he said. Asked if there was a possibility of working with Brian again, now his relationship with the Aussie crooner had run its course, he said it was unlikely.
"We really don't see it. Given that we're doing a Greatest Hits tour, there's obviously a little whisper of should we do something with Brian or not?" he explained.
"And who's to say we won't? I don't necessarily see it happening, it would have to be something really special and something small, not this big thing."
The co-manager of Wonderland also said how his heart went out to the former couple in the wake of their split.
"Of course, Delta and Brian are both lovely people and it's always sad to hear when a couple break down," he continued.
"Jodi [Albert] is a very good friend of Delta's and every time when we were around together, the four of us would go out and do something together. It is sad, I just hope they're both okay."
He went on to say how everything had been going "absolutely superb" for the boyband and the move to the new label had given them a huge boost.
"The O2 is a very special venue for us and we feel it's probably one of the best venues we've ever played. It's just the intimacy of it and the way it's laid out. It's just been amazing playing to the home crowds again," he continued.
"This year we have a platform that comes right out over the audience.
"We haven't done that since we were in the real boybandy phase of our career when we were jumping around in the white suits.
"You see older women going absolutely nuts, you can make a lot of eye contact with the audience and it's great to have that."
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