JLS Aston 'told off by his mother'

JLS singer Aston Merrygold has revealed that his mother confronted him over the number of tabloid reports about his party lifestyle.

The 21-year-old admitted that he was forced to defend himself over claims that he has been out celebrating too much since the group topped the chart with debut single 'Beat Again'.

"At the end of the day she obviously read too much into the papers. People were saying to her, 'Aston's doing this, this and this'," he told BBC Newsbeat.

"She doesn't regularly read it but when all the stuff was coming out I just said, 'Look, it's bound to happen, don't believe everything you read'.

"She's alright now but obviously it was a bit of a shock for her to see people writing that kind of stuff but it's fine."

Merrygold, who recently admitted that he likes taking his clothes off when drunk, insisted that he wanted to make the most of his success.

"I'm a 21-year-old man so she can't really tell me off anymore," he added.

"She can give her opinion but like I said to her, 'If you want to believe it, you can believe it' but at the end of the day I'm going to focus on what I'm doing and carry on because I'm having the best time of my life right now'."

JLS release new single 'Everybody In Love' on November 2.