Nicola Roberts ‘makes sly dig’ at Sarah Harding’s Fifth Harmony remark on Celebrity Big Brother

Roberts told her followers that female musicians should support one another
Swipe: Nicola Roberts
Dave Benett
Emma Powell16 August 2017
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Nicola Roberts appeared to take a swipe at her former Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding after she described Fifth Harmony as “slutty”.

Harding was branded “disrespectful” by fans of the US group after she criticised their style and accused them of simply “slut-dropping” and “twerking” on stage instead of learning “proper dance routines.”

Roberts appeared to make a thinly veiled swipe at Harding’s remarks on Instagram with a picture of herself wearing a cap emblazoned with the words: “Women in music are dangerously underestimated.”

She captioned the post: “And that's why we have to support each other.”

Harding made the comments during a conversation with her Celebrity Big Brother housemate, and love interest, Chad Johnson.

She said: “They all wear next to nothing – all the girl bands these days. Slutty, slutty, slutty. Sex sells, sex sells...

“Obviously, when we were touring we didn't wear much because it was so hot, but it's when they do the videos it's all, like, slut drops and twerking.

“We used to have to do proper dance routines. They just do slut drops now and they're wearing little panties and stuff and it’s like ‘woah’.”

The hashtag ‘Sarah Harding is Over Party’ was soon trending on Twitter as Fifth Harmony fans slated the singer.

She was branded a “disgrace” and accused of encouraging slut shaming by not supporting her fellow female stars.

Celebrity Big Brother Launch 2017 - In pictures

1/19

Celebrity Big Brother is on tonight at 9pm.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in