Louis Walsh has taken yet another swipe at his previous music acts in Sunday’s Celebrity Big Brother.
The talent show judge, 71, has previously had public feuds with many of the acts he managed, including Ronan Keating, Jedward, Cheryl and Westlife.
Sunday’s episode saw Louis throw shade once again when he claimed the most evil thing he had ever done was ‘inflict a lot of bad pop songs on the public’.
Viewers watching at home took to social media to voice their amusement and agreement with his confession.
One wrote: ‘Well, Louis has gone up in my estimation. At least he knew how s***e the music was that he represented.’
Louis Walsh has taken yet another swipe at his previous music acts in Sunday’s Celebrity Big Brother
The talent show judge, 71, has previously had public feuds with many of the acts he managed, including Ronan Keating , Jedward, Cheryl and Westlife (pictured with Jedward in 2009)
Sunday’s episode saw Louis throw shade once again when he claimed the most evil thing he had ever done was ‘inflict a lot of bad pop songs on the public’
Another added: ‘Loooooool “inflict a lot of bad pop songs on the public” Louis has never lied!’ while a third echoed: ‘dislike Louis but that was a tad funny’.
A fourth tweeted: ‘About time Louis apologised for a lot of c**p music!’ while a fifth added: ‘he is so real for that!’
But someone else corrected: ‘The most wicked thing Louis has done is actually scam artists he’s managed’.
While a seventh person saw the comment as another swipe against Jedward, saying: ‘Not Louis calling Jedward out again.’
Louis previously said that twins John and Edward Grimes were ‘vile’ in a conversation on the show, prompting the singers to hit back with a fiery exchange.
Louis previously managed the duo after they appeared on X Factor in 2008 and claimed that he had ‘made £5million’ from the double act during his time as their manager between 2009 and 2013.
In a conversation with housemate Colson about Jedward, Louis said: ‘And they were vile. But they were novelty. It was great for the show. It was all about the show.’
The brothers hit back on Twitter, calling him a ‘cold-hearted b****d who didn’t even send us flowers when our mom died’ – the twins lost their mum Susanna to cancer in 2019.
Viewers watching at home took to social media to voice their amusement and agreement with his confession
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 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.’
Former X Factor contestants leapt to Jedward’s defence, including Katie Waissel, who has previously claimed that her stint on the show back in 2010 ‘ruined her life’.
She accused Louis of being part of a ‘manipulative and coercive’ environment behind the scenes.
While Steve Brookstein, who won the inaugural season of X Factor in 2004 with Simon Cowell as his mentor, also didn’t hold back with his criticism of Louis, claiming he had now been vindicated in branding the star a ‘c***’.
He tweeted on Tuesday: ’20 years ago I said Louis Walsh was a c*** and only now people are realising it. Better late than never.’
Jedward’s pal and TOWIE star Gemma Collins also defended the boys, as she admitted she ‘couldn’t believe’ what was being said.
Louis previously said that twins John and Edward Grimes were ‘vile’ in a conversation on the show, prompting the singers to hit back with a fiery exchange
She posted: ‘Shocked to see what was said about my boys. They are the sweetest, talented, polite, educated, kind boys I’ve ever met hence why they are always in my company!! TEAM JEDWARD. #Jedward’.
The Irish music mogul managed the pair between 2009 and 2013, but things turned sour when, in 2016, Loyis described the duo as ‘the most embarrassing thing to happen to him’.
That’s despite boasting of making millions after Jedward’s first two albums went platinum in Ireland, while they also represented their country at Eurovision in 2011 and 2012.
Ironically Louis defended the brothers during The X Factor in 2009 when Simon Cowell called them ‘vile’ – the same term he used in the CBB house.
He argued that they were ‘innocent children’ at the time, when Simon hissed that they were ‘vile little creatures’.
Elsewhere in the Jedward biography, Louis continues to fawn over his charges. He said: ‘You either have that special something or you don’t and I thought that they had it in spades… they are nice to everybody, from the people on the street to the people in the record company – and that’s why they have so many fans.
‘Everyone wants to work with them because they are just so hard-working and genuinely nice. John and Edward make the people that they meet smile and they make them feel special – that is their secret and that is what sets them apart from a lot of people.
‘Their attitude is 100 per cent positive all of the time and that is why they are where they are now.’
The Irish music mogul managed the pair between 2009 and 2013, but things turned sour when, in 2016, Loyis described the duo as ‘the most embarrassing thing to happen to him’
Despite that, the twins say in the book that one of their manager’s primary pieces of advice to them was ‘always break the rules’.
John added: ‘Louis always tells us to never follow the rules and always break out and be different: but we don’t attention seek, things just work out well for us.’
But Louis maintained that the quiff-topped singers were the perfect pop stars to work with.
He said: ‘They never complain and they just want to work, work, work – how would I ever regret taking them on?
‘The boys are a manager’s dream and they are having the time of their lives… I wish every act was like that and then there would be no trouble: Jedward are the best-behaved group I have ever came across in 30 years in the business.’
Louis is even quoted backstage before a Dublin show boasting: ‘I have never seen either of them in a bad mood.’
But Louis has fallen out with several of his acts and earlier this week also took a swipe at Ronan Keating.
Louis has a longstanding feud with Ronan, whose career he managed while he was a member of Boyzone.
After Ronan’s solo single Life Is A Rollercoaster started playing in the Big Brother house, Louis said: ‘Great song’ before leaning over to Sharon Osbourne and adding: ‘He was such a p***k.’
But Louis has fallen out with several of his acts and earlier this week also took a swipe at Ronan Keating (pictured together in 2008)
He then said: ‘Everybody thinks he’s a lovely guy, do you know what I mean?’
As the song continued to play, Louis criticised Ronan’s career, saying: ‘He hasn’t had a hit record since I left. He sacked me.’
Louis has taken numerous swipes at Ronan over the years, including previously calling him ‘talentless and spoiled’.
In an interview with Q Magazine in 2012, he said: ‘His head got turned by having nice hotels and chauffeur-driven cars, and he thought he could write songs.
‘If you’re Ronan Keating, who was working in a shoe shop when I discovered him, but end [up] thinking you’re George Michael, then you need to be stopped.’
Ronan has fired back on occasion and previously said on Magic FM that he didn’t want to work with someone who didn’t respect him.
He said: ‘[Louis] was very important to me as a mentor and I’m grateful for the opportunities he gave me, because I wouldn’t be here without them.
‘But there’s only so much you can give back and be so grateful, and for that not to be appreciated or respected.’
Louis also spoke about Cheryl in the Big Brother house, telling Ekin-Su: ‘I didn’t always get on with her’
Louis also spoke about Cheryl in the Big Brother house, telling Ekin-Su: ‘I didn’t always get on with her.’
He managed Girls Aloud between 2002 and 2004 after they shot to fame on Pop Stars: The Rivals.
He has been feuding with singer Cheryl for years after he infamously branded the girl band ‘fat’.
Louis compared Cheryl to a ‘peacock’ and said she looked orange, while Cheryl hit back saying: ‘Louis is a silly old man looking for attention.’
She then claimed that businessman only ‘took the cheques’ while managed Girls Aloud, causing him to say: ‘I am a much better manager than she is a singer.’
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