Nicola Roberts ‘makes sly dig’ at Sarah Harding’s Fifth Harmony remark on Celebrity Big Brother

Nicola Roberts appeared to take a swipe at her former Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding after she described Fifth Harmony as “slutty”.

Harding was branded “disrespectful” by fans of the US group after she criticised their style and accused them of simply “slut-dropping” and “twerking” on stage instead of learning “proper dance routines.”

Roberts appeared to make a thinly veiled swipe at Harding’s remarks on Instagram with a picture of herself wearing a cap emblazoned with the words: “Women in music are dangerously underestimated.”

She captioned the post: “And that's why we have to support each other.”

Harding made the comments during a conversation with her Celebrity Big Brother housemate, and love interest, Chad Johnson.

She said: “They all wear next to nothing – all the girl bands these days. Slutty, slutty, slutty. Sex sells, sex sells...

“Obviously, when we were touring we didn't wear much because it was so hot, but it's when they do the videos it's all, like, slut drops and twerking.

“We used to have to do proper dance routines. They just do slut drops now and they're wearing little panties and stuff and it’s like ‘woah’.”

The hashtag ‘Sarah Harding is Over Party’ was soon trending on Twitter as Fifth Harmony fans slated the singer.

She was branded a “disgrace” and accused of encouraging slut shaming by not supporting her fellow female stars.

Celebrity Big Brother is on tonight at 9pm.