The Gallagher brothers’ hatred for one another is the stuff of rock and roll legend, but in a new interview Liam opened up about exactly why Noel irks him so.
“Oh f–kin’ hell. He’s like a f–kin’ stalker him, man. ‘Quick! Grab me a famous person!’ F–kin’ cringe, man. Bradley f–kin’ Cooper and s–t like that? F–kin’ sit down, mate,” Liam told Noisey. “Working class traitor.”
But its not just Noel’s alleged obsession with the glitz and glamour that comes with being a rockstar that bothers the 44-year-old Liam. Liam also felt that his brother – who he’s taken to calling “Potato” on Twitter – laid too much of the blame for Oasis’ 2009 breakup at his feet.
“He stitched me up with Oasis,” he explained. “I was the one left to carry the f–kin’ blame, and that’s it. He went, ‘F–k this, I want a solo career.’ He f–kin’ set a few booby traps and I got f–kin’ collared with it. So as far as I’m concerned, you can f–k off. He didn’t just end it because we were in Paris and we had a ding-dong. You stitched me up and you can f–k off, you c–t. I’m your f–kin’ brother. People go, ‘Oh you’re jealous.’ I’m not. I’m living in the f–kin’ real world. I’ve got my kids, I’ve got my rock’n’roll, I’ve got my vibe. You’ve got Bradley Cooper, you c–t.”
Liam and Noel, 50, are said not to have talked since the band’s breakup, something which appears to actually bother Liam some. But, as he made abundantly clear, what really irks him is how much he says his brother has changed since Oasis’ breakthrough album, 1994’s “Definitely Maybe.”
“I miss the one that I was in a band with, but the one that I see now? Getting selfies with this one and that one? He doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going,” he said. “For a geezer who bangs on about how his favorite band is U2? I was in a band with that kid for 20 f–kin’ years. And in those 20 years we had a party every f–kin’ night after pretty much every gig and we had tunes on. I never heard him play one f–kin’ U2 song.”
He added, “He’s full of f–kin’ shit, mate. I’m just here to f–kin’ shine a light on the f–kin’ fakes, man. And he’s one of them.”
While having two of your children publically make clear how much they loathe eachother might bother some mothers, Liam says his and Noel’s isn’t particularly put out by it.
“She’s gone past that now,” he said. “She’s like, ‘F–k the pair of ya.’ Just cause we’re brothers, people say: blood’s thicker than water. But it takes more than f–kin’ blood to be my brother. You have to be sound, d’you know what I mean?”
Liam’s venom isn’t just reserved for Noel. He also let loose when it came to talking about … the sea.
“And f–k the sea,” he said when asked if it was true he can’t swim. “I ain’t going in that. F–k that, mate. That ain’t meant for us. That’s meant for the sharks, and the jellyfish, tadpoles and stuff. But a hottub? I’m alright in a hottub. Can hang about in there for a bit.”