New X Factor judge Mel B in bust-up with Simon Cowell after refusing to be 'Miss Nasty'
SHE'S just been confirmed as the fourth and final judge on this year's X Factor panel, and it looks as though there's already drama brewing from Mel B.
The feisty former Spice Girl is said to have already been embroiled in a row with show producer Simon Cowell, after she refused to play the part of the villain in the upcoming series.
According to The Sunday People, the pair ended up at loggerheads within days of the appointment with the mother-of-three insisting: "I won't be your Miss Nasty."
And apparently they have still yet to come to an agreement about which role she will play on the panel.
It was reported that Simon was looking forward to the competition surrounding Mel B and Cheryl Cole being on the same panel too, but sources close to the formerly nicknamed Scary Spice have confessed that she is not about the be bitchy to anyone.
"There is no way she is going to do that bitchy thing with anyone and has told Simon so," the source said.
“He isn’t happy at all. He had hoped that viewers would flock to watch the bust-ups between the two women judges.
“Simon wants explosive television. He wants Mel to give people a hard time, to have great fall-outs.
“But as far as she’s concerned it’s a job and she doesn’t want to get herself wrapped up in controversy.
“Mel wants to be a grown up judge, a bit of a female version of Simon.
“She doesn’t want to be unnecessarily mean to anyone."
They added: “She wants to find some good talent. If someone isn’t good enough, then she will tell them. But she is determined to stay positive with her feedback.
“Mel knows that she can’t be this mouthy, horrible person who whips up the controversy, because the X Factor is just too intense. She doesn’t want to be the one everyone is focusing on and can call the evil one.
“She has told Simon all this – but who knows who will win the argument.”