Girls Aloud have Cheryl’s back after the Louis Walsh drama

Celebrity

Jul 7, 2015

Following a recent (and very public) feud between Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Louis Walsh, one of the singer's Girls Aloud bandmates has spoken out in her defence.

Former X Factor judge Louis turned the wrath of Cheryl's fans upon him back in May when he called her "lazy" and "irrelevant," saying, "She can give so much more." Now, ex-Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh has jumped to protect her friend, telling Fabulous magazine that Louis' comments come as no surprise.

"Louis will say whatever it takes to get him in the press and nothing surprises me," she told the magazine. "He'd turn on anyone at any time if it meant it got him into the press."

Both Kimberley and Cheryl were managed by Louis during their time in Girls Aloud, but it seems relations are not so smooth between the music mogul and his former clients these days. "I don't really have much time for him. I don't owe him anything," Kimberley said.

At the time of Louis' comments, Cheryl was also quick to stand up for herself on Twitter, criticising his work on The X Factor and adding, "I am beginning to wonder if Louis has some kind of an obsession with me."

I am beginning to wonder if Louis has some kind of an obsession with me..

— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) May 19, 2015

I mean this is every year whether I am or am not a part of the show …

— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) May 19, 2015

.. and btw.. This is the same man asking me what he should say to contestants on our way to the stage bc "he doesn't know" ..

— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) May 19, 2015

Ouch.

This is not the only time Cheryl has responded to harsh comments using her social media accounts. Last week she hit back at a fan who had commented on her weight loss, taking to Instagram to say, "I am so sick and tired of it being ok to call someone too thin or a 'bag of bones'… You have no idea what I have been through."