Natalia Kills and Willy Moon have further addressed the controversy started on The X Factor New Zealand which resulted in the pair being fired from the show and replaced.
Taking to Twitter in the early hours of this morning (GMT), Natalia posted the following message:
This was followed by Willy's message which addressed the "reality of 'reality' TV":
Though there was no official apology from either party, they both had nothing but well wishes for the man they had offended on the first live show of the second series.
Meanwhile, it's been announced that Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Shelton Woolright will replace Kills and Moon for the rest of the series.
The X Factor NZ will not return following the conclusion of this series.