Inside Jedward's fiery feud with Louis Walsh - from X Factor to 'vile' swipe
13.03.2024 - 10:07
/ ok.co.uk
Celebrity Big Brother's Louis Walsh has reignited a long-running feud with Irish pop duo Jedward. Louis, 71, managed Jedward, whose names are John and Edward Grimes, between 2009 and 2013 after they shot to stardom on the X Factor.
During Tuesday 12 March's episode of the popular ITV show, music manager and TV star Louis didn't hold back when talking about stars he's worked with in the past, including Jedward. Louis went on to claim that "novelty act" Jedward were "vile" but made him a lot of money, as he told Coronation Street's Colson Smith they "made him £5m".
It wasn't long before the 32 year old twins fired back, launching into a scathing tirade on X, formerly known as Twitter. One of the tweets shared by the brothers claimed: "Louis Walsh is an evil manipulator who forced us into an office to pay £70k from our bank account to one of his own PR workers." Another said: "Louis Walsh b****d and talked about us to our best friend Tara Reid and then we fired him!" A third read: "Louis Walsh is a cold hearted b*****d who didn't even send us flowers when our mom died." A final tweet read: "Louis reopened these wounds all by himself being spiteful and disrespectful we aren't going to have our character taken.
Justice will be served." All the while, Jedward were at their close pal Gemma Collins' house.
The former TOWIE star filmed the boys' angry reactions, before turning the camera on herself as she spoke out in defence of them. One of the boys said they only ever met Louis "four times" and branded Louis a "bitter old man" whilst the other claimed Louis' former acts, including Girls Aloud, Boyzone and Westlife "hate" him.
OK! has contacted Louis' reps for comment. Gemma then said into the camera: "Guys, I'm just jumping on
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