Real reason behind Louis Walsh’s fallout with Jedward after he reignites feud on Celebrity Big Brother

The return of Celebrity Big Brother to our screens has been a huge hit on all fronts.

We’ve had tense disagreements, Kate Middleton’s uncle offering his take on her absence from public engagements, and awkward exit interviews.

Perhaps the best part of it all this series has been the antics of troublesome duo Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.

The pair are old friends, having previously been judges on X Factor together.

Prior to Sharon’s departure from the house, the pair spent the majority of their time together. In one scene, they didn’t hold back on sharing their opinions on fellow judge Simon Cowell, with Sharon admitting she’s ' f**king mad' with him.

Yet the most shocking X Factor related footage aired just last night, with Louis taking aim at Irish pop twins Jedward.

Back in 2009, when the twins were just 17, they auditioned in front of Louis, Simon, Cheryl and Dannii Minogue.

Simon branded them 'annoying', while Louis proclaimed they looked 'like popstars'.

Jedward - real names John and Edward Grimes - went on to be mentored by Louis on the show and finished in sixth place, and eventually were managed by him whilst they catapulted to fame.

They were signed by Sony and Universal Music Ireland, and performed on Eurovision - giving Ireland some of their highest scoring numbers of all time.

During Eurovision, Louis commented: "I took a chance on them on X Factor everybody told me I was crazy but who's laughing now? They're laughing and now everybody's laughing. They've opened up a whole new continent on Jedwardmania. They are what they are and they're really nice kids and good role models."

So how on earth did it all go so wrong?

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In 2016, Louis commented that the most embarrassing moment of his career was 'working with Jedward and putting them through on The X Factor'.

Jedward clapped back with: "I don't think he took us under his wing. I think we were already flying and he was like, 'Oh I think I want a part of that. I think he got old.'"

The feud was reignited during last night’s Celebrity Big Brother broadcast. Louis stated: “They were vile… I got five million quid with them, I swear on my mother’s life.

"They were novelty, they were great for the show."

This led to a barrage of posts from Jedward as they reacted to the attack.

They began by writing: “Louis Walsh is a cold hearted b****** who didn’t even send us flowers when our mom died.”

Jedward’s mum Susanna Condron took over as their manager in 2013. She tragically died after battling cancer in 2019.

Jedward added further: “Louis Walsh bitched and talked about us to our best friend Tara Reid and then we fired him!

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“Louis Walsh tried to make us sign our name and life away in dodgy contracts to people he was great friends with without our mom we wouldn’t be here today! What an absolute weirdo with bad intentions for all ..does he like anyone?”

They concluded: “Louis reopened these wounds all by himself being spiteful and disrespectful we aren’t going to have our character taken. Justice will be served."

There was an outpouring of support as one person wrote: “This will be the end of his career.”

Jedward are great friends with TOWIE royalty Gemma Collins, who also leapt to their defence.

Gemma posted a photo to her Instagram which stated: “Shocked to see what was said about my boys.”

The reality star commented further via an Instagram story, during which she was in a hot tub with the twins.

Gemma said: “We could tell you so much,” before adding: “One thing we want to know Louis is where is the five mill? Because the boys didn't get it! So let's open the books and find it."

LADbible Group has reached out to Louis Walsh's representative for comment.