The Kunts reply to LadBaby: "We would not be so vulgar as to use food banks to hawk records"

Yesterday (22 December) LadBaby's Mark Hoyle discussed going up against The Kunts' "Boris Johnson Is Still A F*cking C*nt" single for the Christmas number one, reiterating that their fourth consecutive single "Sausage Rolls For Everyone" is "for charity".

Hoyle said, "It takes a certain sort of person to download a song with that in the title, but you never know. There’s definitely an element that people aren’t happy with this government, but our song is for charity - I don’t believe theirs is - and ours is trying to raise more money than ever for food banks. It’s something that is even more important given everything that is going on."

The Kunts responded soon after, calling Hoyle a "sanctimonious sausage munching twat" on Twitter. In a statement they also added, "Let's be straight about this, it's utter diarrhoea. The original Sheeran and Elton song is the blandest, trope-filled mainstream bilge, with a badly misplaced Easter Egg that we've had a bad year so we should all move on, which I think is deeply insulting to anyone who has lost a family member, friend or loved one in the pandemic. But the LadBaby version is different level shit. I'm sure the whole project started off with good intentions but fuck me, it's awful."

Today (23 December) The Kunts have shared another statemeny clarifying yesterday's comments. In the new statement, The Kunts say they "agree" with Hoyle's comments "wholeheartedly" that it takes a certain person to download The Kunts' song. "It takes the sort of person that is prepared to look beyond the tepid diarrhoea that is pumped into people's consciousness via mainstream TV, radio and the tabloid newspapers," The Kunts continued. "The sort of person that is prepared stand up for what they believe in and call out the government on their lies, cover-ups and corruption. The sort of person who can see that it was the Conservatives' politics of selfishness, misery and deprivation that caused this country to need foodbanks in the first place."

"Having had Mark Hoyle call our integrity and motivation into question, we acknowledge from the proceeds of last year's record we made large donations to charities including MIND mental health charity and Cardiac Risk In The Young, two causes that have affected our close family and friends," they wrote. "We may be vulgar in the language we use to get our point across but we would not be so vulgar as to use food banks to hawk records, increase our profile or sign lucrative sponsorship deals. Let me be clear, we would not stoop to using poverty, hunger and despair to promote our career and bolster our bank balance like we believe LadBaby have done in this year's and last year's Christmas Number One campaign."

After writing about how they would be "transparent in the first instance about how much of people's 99p was going to the charity" in order to cut out percentages that would be taken by record companies, the streaming service and more, The Kunts wrote, "This is not something I believe LadBaby have done."

The Kunts added, "But please don't let any of this distract from the fact that the Trussell Trust is a necessary and worthy charity at this point in time and it is good to support food banks with donations of food and money, we do, but at the root of the problem is the corrupt and heartless Conservative government, and the man in charge of that who leads by example is Boris Johnson. And he is STILL a fucking cunt."