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Keisha Buchanan broke down in tears only hours after she announced that she had been forced out of the Sugababes.

The 24-year-old singer, the last founding member of one of Britain’s biggest girl bands, tried to put on a brave face last night by going out in public.

When Keisha arrived in the VIP section of the Red Bull Fashion Factory party her friends, including Michelle Williams of Destiny’s
Child and Oritse Williams of JLS, flocked to support her.

A statement on Keisha’s Twitter page last night said she was ‘no longer a part of the Sugababes’ but it was not her decision to leave.

A source at the London Fashion Week party, in New Oxford Street, said: ‘Michelle was the first to share words of encouragement.

‘But it all got too much for Keisha, who started to cry in the middle of the party and Oritse from JLS had to comfort her.

‘It was heartbreaking. She felt devastated about what happened and thinks everyone thinks she’s a b***h when she did everything she could to make it work between her and Heidi and Amelle.’
Keisha’s Sugababe replacement, 21-year-old Jade Ewen, was poached from her own record label a week ago, despite releasing her single My Man only yesterday. Jade will join Amelle and Heidi Range.

A source said: ‘Jade was approached by the Sugababes’ record label Island last week and pretty much bundled on to a plane to LA on the same day, where they were shooting the next video.’

Jade represented the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, singing My Time. The source added: ‘Her profile’s pretty big since Eurovision, but she felt she couldn’t say no.

‘Her own record label didn’t even know she had gone, so were getting panicky.’

The news comes after weeks of speculation that fellow member Amelle Berrabah was set to leave following reports of in-fighting.

Posting a message on Twitter, Buchanan, who has been in the band for 11 years, said: ‘Although it was not my choice to leave, it’s time to enter a new chapter in my life.’

She stressed that she had ‘nothing but positive things to say about the girls’ adding: ‘I would like to state that there were no arguments, bullying or anything of the sort that lead to this.’
But she also said: ‘Sometimes a break down in communication and lack of trust can result in many different things.

‘I would also like to point out that I have always supported the girls and they have also supported me.’

Keisha will remain with the record company Island Records to pursue her solo career, a spokesman for the band confirmed.
The statement on the Sugababes website read: ‘The current line-up of the Sugababes has disbanded.

‘Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah will continue as the Sugababes and will be joined by new member Jade Ewen.

‘They release their album Sweet 7 on November 23 through Island Records.
‘Keisha Buchanan will continue to record for Island Records as a solo artist.’
It is the third line-up change for the group, who recently went to number two with Get Sexy, the first single from their seventh studio album Sweet 7.

The group was formed in 1998 by original members Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy.

Range replaced Donaghy in 2001 and in 2005 Buena was replaced by Berrabah.
Speculation about the band’s future was sparked two weeks ago when Amelle failed to show for a gig at London’s Movida nightclub.
At the time it was reported she had gone missing after being involved in a bust-up with Keisha, although the girls said she failed to turn up because her friend had been in a ‘bad accident’.
Keisha, who was accused of bullying Amelle, revealed on Twitter at the time: ‘I may come across as a hard nut sometimes, but I’m actually really sensitive and it destroys me to think people see me as the longest standing member and assume that I’m the b***h who causes people to walk, and it’s totally untrue and unfair.’

Source: Thedailymail

Poor Keisha, I think she was backstabbed by Amelle. i’ll rather take her den Amelle anyday.