One Direction mum slams 'prat' Brookstein

The mother of One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has verbally clashed with Steve Brookstein following their Twitter feud.

Johanna had previously argued with Brookstein on the social networking site after he insulted her son's vocal ability. They continued their dispute during an interview with Sheffield Hallam University's Hallam Time radio show on Juice FM.

Brookstein said that he was sorry if, as Louis's mother, Johanna found his opinion "a little bit harsh", prompting her to respond: "It wasn't just that - I actually liked you as a person, I bought your records, I watched you on X Factor when you won, I voted for you. So to be quite honest it was an utter shock, because I don't know why you personally picked one person out.

"You could have thought those thoughts to yourself, rather than actually invite a lot of people to start some kind of campaign against Louis. Let's face it, he will know that he's vocally the weakest in the group.

"Now, if you've ever felt like that about something you don't need somebody to point that out to you. But as you've seen, you've had a thousand people tweeting back what a prat you are, so I'm sure you do feel a pr*ck."

However, Brookstein countered: "Listen. You've got loads of these acts who are shown up and humiliated on The X Factor. They're terrible. So you're a bit hypocritical to accept that it's okay for a TV show to humiliate young girls who punch each other on TV.

"You've got a guy dressed up as Michael Jackson who's not that good, but just because your son gets through - and he happens to be not as good - and he's worse than Wagner..."

Johanna replied: "Those people who went on - the punching girls [Abbey and Lisa] - they were invited back on. They were given the choice. 'Do you want to earn a bit of money for a bit of a laugh?' And that's what they've done.

"They weren't humiliated as such. We've all watched them - I met both those girls backstage and they've been really nice girls. They knew that they made a mistake, and what they did is use it to their advantage."