‘Sis was here to serve tea’: Jade fans react to her tactful handling of Simon Cowell question
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‘Is that what we’re gonna say about that?’ Louis Theroux asked the pop singer. Fans of pop singer JADE are enjoying her tactful response to a probing question about Simon Cowell on The Louis Theroux Podcast. The former Little Mix member turned solo artist, born Jade Thirlwall, spoke with Theroux this week about her latest career milestones and recent single “IT Girl”, released this month.
Theroux also asked her about her debut solo track “Angel of My Dreams”, which includes the lyric: “Selling my soul to a psycho.”. The line was widely interpreted as a swipe at The X Factor boss Cowell, whose former record label was named SyCo. Little Mix were formed on and ultimately won The X Factor in 2011, after which they signed to SyCo before parting ways with the label in 2018, just days before the release of their album LM5.
“SyCo happens to be the name of Simon Cowell’s company,” Theroux told her. “Coincidentally, yes,” she responded through muffled laughter. “Is that what we’re gonna say about that?” Theroux asked. “Mmm,” Thirlwall said, sipping her tea. “I mean, it’s written on the tin, isn’t it, really?”.
Fans shared their delighted reactions to the dig on social media, with one fan writing on X/Twitter: “She said, ‘Y’all not about to get me sued,’” adding a number of crying emojis. “I LOVE HER,” another fan said, as one commented: “SLAAAAAY.”.
“Sis was here to serve tea,” one person agreed. Responding to the lyric, a representative for Cowell’s entertainment company told the Daily Mail in April last year: “The entire team who worked incredibly hard behind the scenes with Little Mix to help make the group a success would, I’m sure, always continue to wish them solo success.”.
