Tulisa Contostavlos - Tulisa Was Nervous Working With Gary Barlow

Tulisa Was Nervous Working With Gary Barlow

Tulisa Contostavlos was ''nervous'' about working with Gary Barlow in case she offended him.

The 'Young' singer - who joined the Take That frontman as a judge on 'The X Factor' last year - says that she tried to tone down her swearing so that she wouldn't upset the star.

She said: ''It's not that he's too serious - he's got a wicked sense of humour, but it's all quite underplayed. At first I was nervous with Gary. I'm loud and cheeky, I've been known for my bad language. You know when you try not to swear around some people? I was like that. Or I'd refrain from telling certain jokes around him.

''To be honest, I was probably like that in general. I was terrified. Remember, I came in replacing Cheryl Cole, the nation's sweetheart. I was never going to be anybody's sweetheart.''

The former N-Dubz singer - who mentored the winning girl band, Little Mix, on last year's series - has also revealed she was scared that viewers wouldn't like her and she would ruin the popularity of the show.

She told the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine: ''I knew 60 per cent of the people watching would hate N-Dubz, and the other 40 per cent wouldn't know who the hell I was. Deciding how to behave myself was quite difficult. I probably sugar-coated myself, I didn't want people thinking, 'I don't like 'The X Factor' anymore because of Tulisa.' ''