Fifth Harmony hit back at Sarah Harding for branding them ‘slutty’ on Celebrity Big Brother

The US girl group claimed they have never even heard of Harding
Who are you: Fifth Harmony addressed Sarah Harding's comments about them
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Emma Powell18 August 2017
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Fifth Harmony have addressed Sarah Harding’s accusation that they are “slutty”.

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

Singer Dinah Jane said they were unfazed by Harding’s comments, claiming they don’t know who she is, before joking that they would offer her dance lessons if she wanted.

“I don’t know who she is,” Jane told The Sun.

'Disgrace': Sarah Harding in the Diary Room
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“If she wants some lessons or something – people always want to learn how to booty pop like Fifth Harmony.

“But shout out to her; keep doing you girl. I really don’t know who she is.”

Jane also insisted that she and her bandmates are never told how to dress and that she likes showing off her legs because they are “fine as hell”.

“Nobody has ever told us ‘you have to wear this because this is the look’.

'Fine as hell': Dinah Jane Hansen on stage
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“I honestly speak for myself; I go out there wearing shorts that I feel comfortable in, maybe because my thighs are my favourite thing about me so I can show them off.

“That’s like my favourite part of my body so I’m definitely going to go out there and show some legs because they’re fine as hell.”

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.

Her former Girls Aloud bandmate Nicola Roberts also 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.”

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