Jedward get death threats hitting out at Queen after explosive anti-monarchy rant | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
While many across the globe started to pay tributes and thousands gathered outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, in light of the late monarch, identical twins and singing duo John and Edward Grimes called for the end of the monarchy. The 30-year-olds, who are best known for their time on The X Factor back in 2009 as well as previously appearing in Celebrity Big Brother, tweeted from their shared social media account that is followed by more than 600,000 people: “Abolish the monarchy and give the people real democracy!”
The pair have made several separate tweets airing their opinion on the monarchy including the following which was posted on September 10: “King Charles should hand back the six Irish counties on his visit to Northern Ireland – No war! Just words! It’s time.”
Having been met with mixed emotions by followers and Twitter users, on September 13, Jedward has since claimed they have been sent death threats.
The siblings tweeted: “Psychos are sending us death threats! Your threatening behaviour and criminality will not intimidate us.”
Gaining more than 4,000 likes on the tweet, many of the twin brother’s fans rallied around them, advising the stars to report the abuse they are receiving.
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@LisaHafey tweeted: “Wow society has come to this! Hope you’re okay! Know that you are truly loved!”
User @SweetAnniina added: “That’s insane. Why can’t people just agree to disagree on things and let it be, it is what it is. No matter the subject.
“There’s no right or wrong on some stuff, just opinions.”
Stating that the singers had every right to share their views, with individuals needing to agree to disagree, other Twitter users took the chance to try and defuse the situation.
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Gaining just over 9,000 likes on the tweet alone, Jedward then went on to call the cancelling of funerals and rescheduling cancer treatments “inhumane”.
This seemed to attract even more attention to the pair, gaining more than 31,000 likes, seemingly striking a nerve with the public as social media users once again in the comments, individuals agreed or disagreed with the star’s views.
@ActiveTravelNet wrote: “I respect and sympathise with those who want to spend the day mourning. However, for the majority of people, they just want to get on with their lives. Millions of people will be negatively impacted both financially and medically because of this imposed bank holiday.”
@JamieLFC901 added: “Most likely being cancelled because staff are being given time off for the Queen’s funeral. I’m sure if it means NHS staff getting an extra day off most people won’t begrudge them of that.”
Others were quick to state that some of Jedward’s opinions may be slightly incorrect, pointing out that emergency, urgent and cancer services will still go ahead in areas including Bedfordshire hospitals and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, and the Aneurin Bevan health board in Gwent and others but only a reduced routine service will run.
The Guardian reported that operations cancelled include hip and knee replacements, cataract surgery, maternity checks and some cancer treatments.
