The Sun said: “Lauren took Alesha to a curtained-off room backstage during a break. “It’s a communal area where the crew make teas so it caused quite a reaction when a lot of people were stopped from going in.“About 15 minutes later Alesha emerged looking shaken and had to have a quick glam touch-up and be whisked straight back on set."Lauren departed and never returned for the rest of auditions in London or Manchester.“Crew members had said Lauren didn’t like the fact Simon and Alesha, who worked together in America on the Champions series, whispered to each other in recording gaps.”A source close to Simon insisted Lauren and Alesha - who is in a relationship with dancer Azuka Ononye - “get on really well”.“I don’t believe Lauren has ever.
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