Lily Allen has had a bit of a go at Carl Barat and that Luke Pritchard out of The Kooks, posting a blog entitled 'twats' on her MySpace page, in which she lays into the two indie boys in no uncertain terms, having appeared with them on a recent TV show. She releases her debut album next month, of course.
On the Kooks frontman she wrote: "I went to school with Luke from the Kooks. I thought he was quite cool then. I was quite annoyed at how much of a bad man he thinks he is. There is no excuse for wearing broken straw hats and dark sunglasses (two storeys underground of Alexandra Palace) while strumming your guitar like you're treating everyone to an exclusive showcase for your next album. This is a dressing room and your not Jim fucking Morrison OK! I don't want to hear your rendition of 'Waterloo Sunset' 4 times in an afternoon."
On Barat, she added: "Carl Barat is obviously convinced he is God or something, though the other two guys (who weren't in The Libertines) seemed alright. Carl didn't make eye contact with anyone."
She concludes: "Boys your regurgitated indie rock days are numbered so get over your selves."
She does, in fairness, lay into herself as well, though. On the same day, she apparently lost it a bit after her handbag went missing, and lashed out at someone who was helping her look for it. "For a minute I believed I was more important than I actually am," she said "and took it out on someone who was trying to help, I am therefore just as bad as Luke and Carl and behaved like a nob... I am a twat, but I'm working on not being one."