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October 12, 2007 3:35 PM

Westlife claim the Spice Girls are "running scared" of them

Westlife's brand of mumsy ballads has never been my musical cup of tea, but apparently one member of the Irish boy band is keen to stress how tough they are…by picking on girls. Yes, Kian Egan (the one that never sings lead on the singles and helps ‘advise’ Louis Walsh on the X-Factor) has been mouthing off against the recently reformed Spice Girls, after a potential chart battle between the two pop power-houses was averted. Like rappers Kanye West and 50 Cent before them, the groups were looking to release albums on the same day, but now the ladies have delayed theirs by a week and Kian has been calling them chicken.

“We would take great pleasure in beating the Spice Girls - especially Mel C because every time she opens her mouth something mean comes out” reveals the tough-talking pop star. "Our album (Back Home) is good, we've worked hard on it and it would have been good to go head-to-head with their one. As far as we were concerned, we were going up against them and we were up for it. But then they suddenly changed their minds. They're running scared." This could be due to the Spice Girls losing out in a previous head-to-head with Westlife, but that was back when the divas were only a foursome. Now that they’re back with Geri, selling out shows and enjoying a media high – who’s to say the boys would have beaten the girls this time around?

[via Digital Spy]