Ronan Keating lashes out at ‘vicious’ Louis Walsh: ‘He made the wrong choices’
Ronan Keating lashes out at ‘vicious’ Louis Walsh: ‘He made the wrong choices’
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Explosive documentary, which features interviews with Keating, his ex-bandmates and former manager Walsh, charts the feuds and fallouts that transpired in one of the biggest boybands of the Nineties. Ronan Keating lets rip at former manager Louis Walsh in a new documentary that charts the rise and fall of Nineties boyband sensations Boyzone.
![[L-R: Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch, from Boyzone join Ronan Keating on stage at The Royal Albert Hall on 11 March 2010]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/15/12/newFile-7.jpg)
Boyzone: No Matter What, which airs on Sky on Sunday 2 February, charts the infighting that plagued the pop group’s members Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and the late Stephen Gately. It includes exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage, with Keating opening up about his past resentment towards Walsh over how his career was handled.
![[Louis Walsh in Sky Documentaries/NOW programme ‘Boyzone: No Matter What’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/15/12/newFile-8.jpg)
In 1999, the singer decided to pursue a solo career following the huge success of “When You Say Nothing At All”, which featured in Richard Curtis’s classic rom-com Notting Hill starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Keating explained that he decided to keep Walsh on but ended up feeling frustrated with the Irish manager, whose other clients have included Jedward, Johnny Logan and Westlife.
Addressing Walsh’s venture into TV roles on reality shows such as Pop Idol and The X Factor, he continued: “Louis became a TV personality – he was given that chance because he was the manager of Boyzone. “Things started falling into place and you realise, Louis is not a great manager. I gave him multiple opportunities to fix things. I have one shot at my career and he didn’t give a f***, it fell on deaf ears.”.
