Kirstie Allsopp stood by Amanda Holden today after the Britain’s Got Talent star defended her during the live show. Amanda claimed she “loved” the Location, Location, Location star after impressionist comedian Suzi Wild made a joke about Kirstie relying on a “trust fund”.Kirstie, 50, said she “adores” Amanda in view of her 427,800 Twitter followers.The Channel 4 star was the subject of a few jokes earlier this evening when Britain’s Got Talent’s Suzi did a comedic impression of her during the show.
Following the impression, that included references to a “trust fund” and the idea of Kirstie “throwing away diamonds”, Amanda defended her friend live on TV.Much to fellow judge Simon Cowell’s shock, Amanda insisted she “loved” Kirstie while she was giving feedback to Suzi. “I adore @AmandaHolden always have, she’s gusty, funny and, it turns out loyal,” Kirstie penned.“I gather some of the silly lies printed, but then deleted, by the ST & @thetimes are perhaps being repeated by a @BGT act? “I will look into this tomorrow,” she concluded firmly, referencing an earlier public disagreement she’d had with the aforementioned publications.The piece in question claimed Kirstie was enraged by young people saying they could not afford to buy a home, despite the presenter coming from a middle class background herself.
However, Kirstie subsequently received an apology from the paper for misquoting her about young people being able to get on the property ladder.Nevertheless, it appears the story stuck in the mind of comedian Suzi, who joked about Kirstie’s “privileged” outlook on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent this evening.
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