After Rita Ora lands The Voice, Will.i.am says he wishes Kylie stayed

"When Kylie left I was like, 'Who else are you going to get?'", the millionaire rapper told Mirror Celebs

Days after Rita Ora landed her judging role on The Voice, millionaire rapper and entrepreneur Will.i.am has said he wished pop veteran Kylie Minogue had stayed.

Speaking ahead of the unveiling of his bespoke Lexus car about whether he wished the 46-year-old kept her spot, he told us: "Yeah. She's nice. I like nice people. She's kind and fun, y'know? They don't put their mask on all the time to show you their professional side. Kylie's one of those girls - and so is Rita."

But he also admitted he would have left the BBC show as how if they hadn't brought the How We Do singer in.

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"If it wasn't Rita, I wouldn't have done it. So I'm happy that it's Rita," he continued.

"Because when Kylie left I was like, 'Who else are you going to get?'"

Even though some fans of the show doubt that the How We Do singer can fill Kylie's pop shoes?


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Swerving the question, he continued: "Who else? Gwen Stefani is in America doing The Voice, but that would have been cool if we got her here. I don't know who else we could have got."

Will.i.am was speaking at the Lexus NX launch where he unveiled his personally designed bespoke Lexus NX F Sport