Eurovision hopefuls Wild Youth shared a whiskey with former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon after the EuroSong special, as they rubbished rumours of any row with the UK singer.
A row reportedly erupted after Lydon – known as Johnny Rotten – was said to have called the Eurovision “phoney” and slagged off the winning band’s name. But Wild Youth singer Conor O’Donohoe said he believes the row was a product of “fictional writing” and that they shared a whiskey after the RTE show.
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He told the Irish Mirror: “All that happened was Johnny Rotten said I hate the Eurovision and I think the songs are terrible and I said well, if he doesn’t like it then why is he going for it because he’s just taking the place of someone who would like to take part in it.
“Then Johnny Rotten said something about Wild Youth and that they obviously didn’t think of that name 20 years down the line. It was something really inoffensive and a slightly funny comment.
“I was chatting to him afterwards. It was a very touching song that he sang. We had a cheers and he said congratulations to us and that was it, it was all good.”
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