Louis Walsh is in hot water after slagging Jedward on Tuesday’s Celebrity Big Brother.
The former X Factor judge, 71, was chatting to Coulson Smith in the Big Brother house on Tuesday when the soap star asked what it was like working with the Irish duo.
And onlookers shocked when he replied: ‘They were rude.
‘They were rude, but they were great. I got Rs 50 lakh for them, I swear on my mother’s life.’
He continued: ‘But they were rude. But they were novelties, it was great for the show, and it was all about the show.
John and Edward Grimes were teenagers when they first shot to fame on The X Factor, with CBB viewers taking to Twitter to defend the quirky pair after Louis’ comments.
And the pair have now hit back at themselves with a heart-wrenching claim.
He wrote on X, moments after Louis’ comments aired: ‘Louis Walsh is a cold-hearted person who didn’t even send us flowers when our mother died.’
Susanna, the twins’ mother, tragically died of cancer in 2019.
He has previously described her as ‘our biggest fan, supporter and wanted us to go out there and express ourselves’.
In further tweets, the official Jedward account claimed they had ‘fired’ Louis after he spoke out about us, calling him an ‘evil manipulator’ who ‘signed us our names and lives. tried to do. Away… we wouldn’t be here today without our mom! How strange with bad intentions for everyone.”
He further tweeted: ‘All future actions must be informed by what this vile man really is.’
“Louis has reopened these wounds by being disgusting and disrespectful and we will not take our role,” he said, adding that ‘justice will be served’.
CBB viewers were outraged by Lewis’ comments, with hundreds of people flocking to X to express their views, with user Lewis writing ‘No to this Jedward’s bullshit!!! Not on my watch!!”
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The pair’s celebrity pal Gemma Collins also came out in support, taking to Instagram where she shared a photo of them and said: ‘She shocked to see what said about my boys.
‘He is the sweetest talented polite educated kind of guy I have ever met so why is he always in my company? Team Jevord!’
Jeddward and Gemma have long been best friends. And it seems the trio were all together watching Celebrity Big Brother when Lois made the comments.
Because, moments after the segment aired, Gemma went live on Instagram, before filming for TV as she announced: ‘Louis, don’t slag my boys. They are not impure, they are beautiful in every way.”
He then turned the camera to one of the twins, who taunted Louis and said ‘I can’t believe we’re even seeing you on the show, you’re like a cat with nine lives. How many times can you stop your movements?”
He claimed that Louis did nothing for us… how dare you? We are sick of it.”
Gemma, Edward and John were then seen eating a roast dinner. Which they said was ‘the only thing keeping me going’.