The pic that started TOWIE V The Wanted ‘twitter war’
The Only Way Is Essex stars became embroiled in a massive Twitter row with The Wanted’s Tom Parker after he said they were famous for ‘doing nothing’.
Mario Falcone led the insults saying the 23-year-old was ‘the ugly one in the band’ and that he was just a backing singer for bandmate Max George.
Tom then labelled the Italian a ‘2nd class Mark Wright’.
The row began when Mario’s co-star Lydia Bright posted a photo of her and mother Debbie reading a joint interview they had done while sitting in bed.
In it, the pair spoke about Debbie fostering 250 children with troubled backgrounds, during her 17 years as a foster parent.
Lydia wrote: ‘Reading our mothers day special interview in celebs on sunday its FAB.’
Tom then said: ‘How ironic is that picture. Is that what you lot call yourselves these days for doing nothing!! #shocking.’
Mario launched into a tirade of abuse, starting with: ‘Is he the ugly one in the band? Working? u mean recording songs others have written?
‘The only one everyone has heard of us max… He just makes up the numbers the tool
‘@TomTheWanted keep hiding behind max… Your a backing singer!
‘Also having an argument with a woman that is probably the same age as your mum?! She must be proud of you mate!
‘Yeah it must be loud at the back behind max and the speakers!
He added: ‘Face to face… You would piss your pants #fact
‘Hopefully soon!! Will let you get back to ‘work’… Have a good evening x.’
Tom said Mario was a ‘2nd class mark wright #thatisall’
He added: ‘Sorry, I can’t hear your comments from playing wembley stadium.
‘You know what’ll be entertaining?! the crowd in ny next week! can’t wait to see ya xo
‘Cheers bro .. Kiss kiss.’
Meanwhile Debbie chimed in, saying to Tom: ‘Don’t embarrass yourself. something I live by if you’ve got nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all. #benice
‘Have a nice day #spoilyourmum.’
When Tom continued to tweet, Debbie added: ‘OMG can’t believe how many tweets you have sent !!! Haven’t u got a life !!!!#menotbeingnice
‘You must realize you start on me you’ll be battered by TOWIE family. #teamtowie
‘We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with them. #niteniteall
‘Oh almost forgot night @TomTheWanted bathing and getting 6 kids to bed with a bedtime story. Hope your mum had a lovely day. X’
Lydia also put her two pence worth in, with: ‘Quite upset to look on twitter & c @TomTheWanted putting me & my mum down Sad to see people constantly being bitter is there really any need.
‘Sad that in the world u will always find anger & bitterness. Thankfully there is also love & laughter. Don’t ever let people put you down x’
And Mario’s girlfriend Lucky Mecklenburgh also took a swipe at the singer, writing: ‘They r lovely, Debbie an amazin foster carer,we r normal people makin the most of an opportunity.
‘Too much hate !! Love @debbietowie & @LydiaRoseBright not letting any1 put them down xx.’
The mother and daughter duo spoke about sex, fashion and what it was like to grow up in a household with several children, in their interview for the Daily Mirrors Celebs On Sunday.
Lydia said: ‘I was a professional at changing nappies at about eight,’ she laughs. ‘But I didn’t mind. Little girls love playing mothers and babies and while everyone had dollies I had the real thing.’
‘I’ve always been a bit more appreciative. Whenever I’ve got a problem, I know there are people out there who’ve got it a hundred times worse. It puts things into perspective. So I feel like, yeah, it was a good thing.’
And Debbie added: ‘What was nice, was that this New Year’s Eve, the first four messages I got were from foster children I’d had when they were little. Now they’re 18 and 19.’
