Shane Lynch admits Boyzone manager Louis Walsh was 'an uneasy character' who would fight for publicity at any cost - but insists he 'still loves him'
Shane Lynch admits Boyzone manager Louis Walsh was 'an uneasy character' who would fight for publicity at any cost - but insists he 'still loves him'
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Behind the neck-high skull tattoos and pop-star swagger, a hint of cheeky Dublin youth still flickers in Shane Lynch's eyes. Speaking in London ahead of the Sky documentary which tells the story of one of the world's most famous boybands, Shane is stark in his reading of his former manager Louis Walsh and the death of his bandmate, Stephen Gately.
![[Speaking in London ahead of the Sky documentary which tells the story of one of the world's most famous boybands, Shane is stark in his reading of his former manager Louis Walsh]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/15/94533245-14327041-Speaking_in_London_ahead_of_the_Sky_documentary_which_tells_the_-m-59_1737906959457.jpg)
He says the damning stories leaked to the tabloids, the public insults and the fiery fallouts were merely examples of Louis fighting for publicity at any cost. 'Louis is an uneasy character, he always has been,' says Shane candidly. 'He's socially awkward but his one-liners are what save him. They're what gave him his career. He said some stuff about all of us in the past that we weren't happy with but it's just him. You can't get annoyed with him.'.
![[He says the damning stories leaked to the tabloids, the public insults and the fiery fallouts were merely examples of Louis fighting for publicity at any cost]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/15/94533137-14327041-image-a-60_1737907020462.jpg)
Speaking in the documentary, Louis says of Boyzone that 'as they got bigger, so did their egos' but Shane writes this off as drama for the fans. 'He would say something like that on camera and then you'd go speak to him, to his face, and he'd say, 'you know I don't mean it lads, I'm just getting the front page!' That's what he was fantastic at.
![[Boyzone - Ronan Keating, Mickey Graham, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy together in 1994]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/15/94533133-14327041-image-m-62_1737907031110.jpg)
Behind the neck-high skull tattoos and pop-star swagger, a hint of cheeky Dublin youth still flickers in Shane Lynch's eyes. Speaking in London ahead of the Sky documentary which tells the story of one of the world's most famous boybands, Shane is stark in his reading of his former manager Louis Walsh.
![[Speaking in the documentary, Louis says of Boyzone that 'as they got bigger, so did their egos' but Shane writes this off as drama for the fans]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/15/94533121-14327041-image-m-64_1737907060943.jpg)
