Thursday, September 2, 2010 10:49am ET by  

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Olly Murs on avoiding fans attention

Although former X Factor singer Olly Murs is loving his new found fame, he has revealed one down side.

The star says that he is forced to disguise himself in public in order to stop fans recognising and badgering him for pictures.

"It’s all gone a bit crazy and it can be tough getting recognised in public, especially when I’m with my friends," he said.

Murs continued, "I took a bunch of them with me to V Festival and they got annoyed because people kept asking them to take pictures. They were like: ‘We’re basically just your photographers these days.' I was like: ‘Guys, I’m really sorry.’ I felt bad."

However, Murs revealed how he and his friends hatched an ingenius plan, by explaining, "We ripped one of my girl mate’s leggings off and made a Fonejacker-style balaclava, with a hole for my mouth and eyes. I put sunglasses over the top so no one would recognise me."