Ronan Keating lashes out at 'vicious' Louis Walsh and details Boyzone's 'toxic' infighting as he reflects on boy band's bitter final days before splitting
Ronan Keating lashes out at 'vicious' Louis Walsh and details Boyzone's 'toxic' infighting as he reflects on boy band's bitter final days before splitting
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The toxic infighting that plagued Boyzone has been revealed in a new docuseries detailing the Nineties' boyband rise and fall. Boyzone: No Matter What features never-before-seen footage of manager Louis Walsh and members, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and the late Stephen Gately, as well as interviews with those closest to the group.
![[Louis managed Ronan when he started a solo career but was fired. He said: 'There was a divorce, I called him talentless and things and there in the press...']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/14/94436637-14314001-image-m-20_1737644160408.jpg)
During the Sky show, which will air on February 2, Ronan - who pursued a solo career during the band's hiatus - opened up about feuds within the band, as well as hitting out at manager Louis. In 1999, while still a member of Boyzone, Ronan recorded a version of When You Say Nothing at All for the movie Notting Hill which peaked at number one in the UK charts and sparked his decision to pursue a solo career, meaning the band went on hiatus.
![[Boyzone: No Matter What charts the rise and fall of the Irish band (L-R Ronan , Mickey Graham, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy in 1994)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/14/94436617-14314001-image-m-22_1737644175608.jpg)
During this time, Ronan decided to keep Louis on as his manager but was left frustrated at the direction he was keeping his career on - with Ronan wanting to change the style of his music and write his own songs. Ronan Keating lashedout at 'vicious' Louis Walsh and detailed Boyzone's 'toxic' infighting as he reflected on the band's bitter final days before splitting in Boyzone: No Matter What.
![[Louis insisted: 'Ronan was a big middle of the road artist, he appealed to older women, that was his market, that was his line']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/15/94436987-14314001-image-a-36_1737644585493.jpg)
Louis managed Ronan when he started a solo career but was fired. He said: 'There was a divorce, I called him talentless and things and there in the press...'. Boyzone: No Matter What charts the rise and fall of the Irish band (L-R Ronan , Mickey Graham, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy in 1994).
![[As well as his feud with Louis, Ronan was also in the midst of a fallout with the other Boyzone members, who wanted the group to reform, while he wanted to continue his solo career]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/15/94436887-14314001-image-a-23_1737644408458.jpg)
