Jade Thirlwall says boyfriend Jordan Stephens confronted Noel Gallagher for being ‘rude’
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Gallagher said the girl group were a symptom of ‘the music business chasing the numbers’. Jade Thirlwall has revealed that her boyfriend, fellow musician Jordan Stephens, confronted Noel Gallagher after he made disparaging comments about her group, Little Mix.
![[Jade said her boyfriend Jordan Stephens (left) confronted Noel Gallagher over his remarks about her band, Little Mix]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/20/16/MixCollage-20-Jan-2025-04-41-PM-2565.jpg)
The pop singer, who released her latest solo single “IT Girl” this month, shared the encounter in an interview on The Louis Theroux Podcast on Spotify. In 2021, Little Mix had just made history as the first girl band to take home the Brit Award for Best British Group.
However, Gallagher was evidently unimpressed and told The Sun: “Little Mix, with the greatest respect, are not in the same league as Oasis. Not even in the same f***ing sport.”. He said of their success: “It’s a symptom of the music business chasing the numbers – and there not being any bands or songwriters in those bands.”.
Thirlwall famously fired back while making a guest appearance oncomedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, remarking: “[Noel said] something about that we were undeserving of the Brit Award because we’re women and don’t... well, we do write music, but he thinks we don’t write music.”.
She continued: “Yeah, shame really. Because you know, we are definitely the most successful girl group in the country, but he’s not even the most successful performer in his family.”. Her quip went viral on social media along with drawing a round of applause and laughter from her Never Mind the Buzzcocks co-stars.
