Louis Walsh will miss this week’s live The X Factor show to attend close friend Stephen Gately’s funeral.

Walsh has been very heavily affected by the star’s sudden death and will not feature on Saturday night's performance show. His appearance on Sunday night's results show is also in doubt.

He will instead attend the Boyzone singer’s funeral which takes place on Saturday at St Laurence O’Toole’s Church in Dublin.
It respectable of Louis not to attend this weekend's show