LITTLE Mix fans have slammed Louis Walsh after he said “the world needs a new girl group” on X Factor: Celebrity.
He made his comments after social media influencer group V5 auditioned for the show on Saturday night
Viewers called out Louis, 67, for being disloyal to the group, including Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-AnnePinnock and Jade Thirwall, after they won The X Factor in 2011.
Although Louis didnt mention anyone, viewers were quick to accuse him of forgetting the chart topping group.
Tweets poured in on Saturday night and one viewer said: “The world doesnt need a new girl band Louis Walsh, we have @LittleMix happily thank you!”
Another tweeted: “The world needs a new girl band No were happy with Little Mix #XFactorCelebrity”
And one more wrote on Twitter: “Theres only one successful girl band on #XFactorCelebrity and thats Little Mix. Period.”
Social media influencer group V5 auditioned for X Factor: Celebrity on Saturday night
The world doesnt need a new girl band Louis Walsh, we have @LittleMix happily thank you!
#xfactorcelebrity
— Natalie / Nazza
(@natalieelsey1) October 19, 2019
Louis made a dig at Little Mix as he said ‘the world needs a new girl group’
Little Mix announced just days before the release of album LM5 last year that they’d split from Simon Cowell’s label Syco.
Cowell admitted at the time that it had been an “embarrassing” turn of events that had left him “annoyed”.
But The Woman Like Me insisted that it was time for them to branch out and have more creative control.
They said: “We were with Syco for seven years and had an incredible journey but it’s going to be nice to change it up and get a new view on us.”
V5 is made up of Instagram incfluencers who sing and perform covers online
The group got a standing ovation from Simon Cowell’s pals
Leigh-Anne Pinnock told The Sun. “A change and a fresh start is a good thing, we’re excited.
“I think it’s going to be good for us as well. I’m intrigued to see what people want to do for us.
“We definitely speak our mind now. If we don’t like it, we always say it.”
