The 'X Factor' contestant who hit a producer claims she was "set up" to be humiliated by bosses.
Pink impersonator Zoe Alexander - who struck a female worker after her audition was rejected and was later arrested - says judges Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Tulisa Contostavlos and Nicole Scherzinger asked her to sing a song by her idol after failing to impress on her first audition but then told her she wasn't good enough.
She said: "When the judges rejected me I realised I had been manipulated by 'The X Factor' for the previous six weeks.
"They lured me in, coaxed me and even chose my song all with the intention of setting me up for a fall. I am really shocked at the lengths they will go to to set people up for humiliation.
"They knew I had a bit of attitude on stage - which is nothing like I am in real life. When Gary Barlow told me I was just a Pink tribute act I was stunned - that's exactly what the producers asked me to be.
"They mocked me and made fun out of what I do for a living."
Zoe, 22, says she regrets her reaction - in which she struck a female producer, threw her microphone at the judges and called them all ***** - but was stunned when the police turned up to arrest her.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I don't really remember what happened but I gave her a push - not a punch as some said. It was caught on CCTV and was caused by frustration. I shouldn't have done it.
"I made an immediate public apology to the woman, the judges and most of all the audience for my bad language because I don't swear normally.
"But I was amazed when the police knocked on my door the next day and arrested me.
"But they were really nice and didn't handcuff me - and I was only in a cell for a few minutes."
