‘I’d think I were Satan too’: Teddy Sinclair, aka Natalia Kills, finally addresses that vicious X Factor NZ rant

It was the reality TV moment that had us all looking towards New Zealand, gawping and wondering how someone had out-nastied Simon Cowell.

Natalia Kills became public enemy number one in 2015 when she unleashed a bizarre and vicious rant at a contestant on The X Factor NZ, accusing him of copying her husband.

The Bradford-born singer told Joe Irvine that he made her ‘sick’, called him a ‘laughing stock’, and said she was ‘ashamed’ to be there.

The incident saw the popstar and her husband Willy Moon sacked from The X Factor panel, with Natalia basically going into hiding for a bit and reemerging under the name Teddy Sinclair.

Now, Teddy – her legal name – is finally addressing the scandal that seemingly ended her career three years ago, although legally, she can’t confirm whether it was real or fake.

Speaking to Paper magazine, the 32-year-old said: ‘All I can say is that I can’t talk about X Factor itself. I can say that I’d never support anything like what I did on TV.

‘If I were someone else watching me, I’d think I were Satan, too. I’m not a victim here because I was there. I did that. On television.’

To recap, here’s what Teddy, then Natalia, said to Joe: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I’m just going to state the obvious – we have a doppelganger in our midst. As an artist who respects creative integrity and intellectual property, I am disgusted at how much you have copied my husband. From the hair to the suit – do you not have any value or respect for originality?

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‘You’re a laughing stock, it’s cheesy, it’s disgusting. I personally found it absolutely artistically atrocious. I am embarrassed to be sitting here in your presence, having to even dignify you with an answer of my opinion. ‘It’s disgusting. You make me sick. You have no identity. I can’t stand it. I’m ashamed to be here.’

Her husband Willy then chimed in: ‘It just feels a little bit cheap and absurd. It’s like Norman Bates dressing up in his mother’s clothing. It’s just a little bit creepy, I feel like you’re going to stitch someone’s skin to your face and kill everyone in the audience.’

The fierce backlash following the incident saw Teddy receive vile death threats, as well as horrific racist remarks on the internet – something she says was worse than the scandal itself.

She said: ‘The thing that felt sad at the time, was sometimes there’s a voice in my head… it felt like sometimes you wake up screaming on the inside like, if I just told the truth, everyone would know and these 20,000 death threats would go away. And not just death threats for me, but for my family as well.’

At the time, Teddy – who wrote Kiss It Better for Rihanna – hinted that not all was what it seems with the viral moment, saying in a now-deleted tweet: ‘At last! I am relieved that I’m finally able to break the silence. A lot goes on behind the scenes of a reality TV show and you see isn’t always the whole story. The show brought me on to bring my passion, dramatic expression and perspective. I was encouraged to be outspoken and things got out of hand.’

Now, Teddy sings with her husband Willy in the band Cruel Youth. She said: ‘I’m not acting anymore. I’m not going to play a part, I’m not going to be mean or meaner. Try to pay me now to be something that I’m not. There isn’t a price on it.’

Sinclair and Willy – best known for his song Yeah Yeah which was used in an Apple ad in 2012 – are still happily married.

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