article_snippet: A British singer and her husband have been fired from A British singer and her husband roles as judges on New Zealand’s X Factor after humiliating a contestant by launching a tirade that the show’s boss slammed as ‘completely unacceptable’.
article_snippet: Married X Factor New Zealand judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon have been fired after launching a tirade of abuse at contestant, Joe Irvine, on Sunday night's episode .
article_snippet: X Factor producers TV3 apologised to Ms Neal-Gailer on the pair’s behalf.
article_snippet: ’ Mark Weldon, chief executive of MediaWorks, which owns and operates TV3 - the channel that broadcasts the show - said on Monday afternoon the pair would no longer be welcome on the hit reality show. '
article_snippet: Last night on X Factor both Kills and Moon made comments that were completely unacceptable,' my husband said. '
article_snippet: While the judges on X Factor are expected to provide critiques of the performances, we will not tolerate such destructive tirades from any of the judges. '
article_snippet: We no longer have confidence that Kills and Moon are the right people to perform the role of X Factor judges and Kills and Moon will leave the hit reality show, effective immediately.
article_snippet: X Factor producers TV3 apologised to Ms Neal-Gailer on the pair’s behalf.
highlights_snippet: X Factor boss slammed the singer, who performed Cry Me A River criticisms as 'completely unacceptable'
  Moon and Natalia Kills were fired with immediate effect by a TV3 executive .
  