Jade fans react to her tactful handling of Simon Cowell question

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 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. “I mean, it’s written on the tin, isn’t it, really?” Jade sipped her tea as Louis Theroux asked about Simon Cowell 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. 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.” Thirlwall has been frank about her feelings regarding her X Factor experience, telling The Independent this month: “I don’t know anyone that’s come off that show and not had some sort of mental health issue on the back of it, but also, even now, personally I’m conflicted criticising, because it changed my life. “I was from a very normal working-class family up north, I had tried sending demos into labels, I’d gigged all over, I was doing everything I could to make it, and I needed a show like that to give me a chance.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up She continued: “I’d say five per cent of the people that went on there have come out of it not unscathed, but having survived; the other 95 per cent have suffered in silence.