Olly Murs has opened up about the “overwhelming” support he has received since speaking about his feud with brother Ben.
Their relationship broke down while Olly was a contestant on the X Factor 2009 and decided to prepare for the finale instead of being the best man at his brother’s wedding.
On The Voice last month, Olly discussed the rocky relationship after he watched twins singing on the show.
The performance clearly struck a chord and Olly said he “didn’t want to look” at the reaction to the moment on social media “because I know what kind of place that is."
“It was probably the one time I’ve been on to Twitter and it was actually nice, there was some positive stuff being written on there,” he said. “The support was overwhelming if I’m honest.”
He added that he “didn’t expect to show those emotions” on the show, adding that his family were “shocked”.
“Throughout the last 10 years with my brother I’ve shown that emotion to myself but not to other people, so hopefully it was a positive thing,” Olly said.
“A lot of people were reaching out to me that have had relatives that they don’t speak to anymore, brothers or sisters or family members, and they said ‘I’m in the same position and seeing you tonight has made me realise I need to make a change’.
“I still want to make that change with my brother.”
Olly added that he normally does not like to discuss family or friends at work and instead will “compartmentalise” his private life.
“I don’t like to think about it, I don’t like to talk about it," he said.
“I’m like, ‘I’m here now, I can deal with that another time, which could be a good thing or a bad thing, that’s just how I deal with it.”
The Voice is on ITV 1 at 8.30pm on Saturday.
