Jedward have taken aim at their former manager Louis Walsh, following him branding them as “vile”.The former X Factor judge made the comments while appearing as a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother last night (March 12), when another contestant asked him what it was like working with the pop duo.“They were vile…But they were great.
I got five million quid for them, I swear on my mother’s life,” he said.“But they were vile. But they were novelty, it was great for the show, and it was all about the show.”The Irish singers – comprised of identical twins John and Edward Grimes – rose to fame back in 2009, aged 17, when they appeared on the UK singing competition.
During their stint on the show, they were mentored by Walsh and have since gone on to release four studio albums and take on a number of reality TV roles.Within minutes of ITV airing the comments made by the 71-year-old music mogul, the duo took to social media to hit back.“Louis Walsh is a cold-hearted bastard who didn’t even send us flowers when our mom died,” they wrote in the first of a series of tweets.
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