Louis Walsh admits he faked a plane crash to get Boyzone press and left the group 'scarred' by constantly leaking made up stories
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Louis Walsh has confessed he leaked several false stories about Boyzone to get them tabloid attention, even going as far to manufacture a tale about them surviving a plane crash. The Irish manager, 72, formed Boyzone in 1993 and did all he could to keep the members, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch in the public eye.
![[The manager, 72, formed Boyzone in 1993 and did all he could to keep (Clockwise from top left: Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch) in the public eye]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/16/94396601-14313713-image-m-4_1737562386196.jpg)
Now a new documentary about the boyband entitled, Boyzone: No Matter What, reveals the extreme lengths Louis would go to, with the music mogul described as 'the master puppeteer of the press'. Speaking in the trailer for the Sky docuseries, Louis laughed: 'Sometimes, the boys would read stories in the papers about themselves that weren't true and they'd say "who told them that?" I did! I told them'.
![[While Louis may have succeeded in keeping the group in the limelight, it didn't come without consequence, with Ronan revealing the influx of false stories, 'massively affected' the band]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/16/94396661-14313713-image-a-5_1737562489622.jpg)
Ronan explained: 'He believed any story was a good story. He would make up stories constantly about the band, about relationships with girlfriends that were non-existent'. Louis Walsh confessed in new docuseries Boyzone: No Matter What he leaked several false stories about the band, going as far to manufacture a tale about them surviving a plane crash.
![[Part of the show also focus on the period in which late star Stephen, who died aged 33 in October 2009, publicly came out as gay after being forced to by a publication]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/16/94077147-14313713-Part_of_the_show_will_focus_on_the_period_in_which_late_star_Ste-a-6_1737562750967.jpg)
The manager, 72, formed Boyzone in 1993 and did all he could to keep (Clockwise from top left: Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch) in the public eye. Listing one of his most outlandish stories, Louis confessed: 'I had them in a plane crash once in Australia and I forgot to tell the families I made it up!'.
![[Boyzone: No Matter What is set to air on Sky Documentaries and NOW on February 2 and gives fans a look at the 'fame, fall-outs and tragedy' of the Irish band]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/16/94076811-14313713-The_three_part_show_which_is_set_to_air_on_Sky_Documentaries_and-a-7_1737562768075.jpg)
