{"id":14859,"date":"2022-11-09T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/paul-weller-calls-the-cures-robert-smith-a-fat-ct\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:56:02","slug":"paul-weller-calls-the-cures-robert-smith-a-fat-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/paul-weller-calls-the-cures-robert-smith-a-fat-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Weller calls The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith a \u201cfat c**t\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PaulWeller-Robert-Smith-The-Cure.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"two side by side images of The Cure&#039;s Robert Smith (left), and Paul Weller (right) performing live on-stage\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paul-weller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Weller<\/a> has launched a scathing private assault on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-cure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cure<\/a> frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/robert-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Smith<\/a>, calling him a &#8220;fucking fat cunt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-jam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jam<\/a> singer made the foul-mouthed comment throughout a prolonged interview for subsequent month&#8217;s difficulty of <a href=\"https:\/\/recordcollectormag.com\/issue\/december-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Record Collector<\/em><\/a> journal, which is a particular Paul Weller version (by way of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/news\/paul-weller-launches-foul-mouthed-personal-attack-on-the-cures-robert-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Louder Sound<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><b>R<\/b><b>EAD MORE:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-cure-new-album-songs-of-a-lost-world-interview-update-relentless-tour-3229589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>The Cure give us an replace on their &#8220;relentless&#8221; new album \u2013 and when to count on it<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At one level within the dialog, the interviewer famous how one of many tracks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/noel-gallagher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Gallagher<\/a>&#8216;s upcoming new album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/noel-gallaghers-written-a-new-song-that-sounds-very-much-like-the-cure-2825275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bears a resemblance to The Cure&#8217;s basic singe &#8216;A Forest&#8217;<\/a> (1980).<\/p>\n<p>Weller, the author stated, then responded to this commentary with a mix of &#8220;incredulity and revulsion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really??!&#8221; the singer-songwriter continued. &#8220;I can\u2019t fucking stand them. Fucking fat cunt, with his lipstick and all that bollocks. He is my age as well, isn\u2019t he?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Weller added: &#8220;He\u2019s a fucking knob end. I don\u2019t like him. There you go. There\u2019s someone I would work with. I\u2019d fucking slap him, or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"van_vid_carousel vid-present\">\n<div class=\"van_vid_carousel__padding\">\n<div class=\"van_vid_carousel__container\">\n<div class=\"future__jwplayer--carousel\">\n<div class=\"jw-carousel\">\n<p>The motive behind the musician&#8217;s extreme dislike for Smith will not be clear, although <em>Louder Sound<\/em> notes how The Jam had inadvertently helped The Cure in the course of the recording of their debut album &#8216;Three Imaginary Boys&#8217; (1979).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2943492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2943492\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2943492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PaulWeller-album.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Weller album\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2943492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Weller performs stay. CREDIT: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in 1985, Smith talked about Weller throughout an interview through which he stated that punk wasn&#8217;t a political motion: &#8220;It later became that, because people wanted it to be seen as a movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that folks had been dissatisfied with listening to &#8220;bands like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/yes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/genesis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genesis<\/a>&#8220;, and instead &#8220;wanted to hear something they could dance to&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even people who think they&#8217;re socially aware and lend their names to things, like Paul Weller and stuff&#8230;\u00a0 I mean it does no good at all, ultimately,&#8221; Smith defined. &#8220;Because you&#8217;d must be notably silly to consider somebody like Paul Weller.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-carousel\">\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;d have to be particularly stupid to believe someone like me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both The Jam and The Cure had been found by the identical A&amp;R scout, Chris Parry, who went on to signal The Jam to Polydor in 1977 and The Cure to his personal label, Fiction Records, in 1978.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3343341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3343341\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3343341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Robert-Smith-of-The-Cure.-Credit-Sergione-InfusoCorbis-via-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Smith of The Cure. Credit- Sergione Infuso:Corbis via Getty Images\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3343341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Smith of The Cure. CREDIT: Sergione Infuso:Corbis by way of Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smith has not but responded to Weller&#8217;s feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The Cure are at the moment out on a European headline tour, the place they&#8217;ve debuted a variety of latest tracks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-the-cure-debut-another-blissed-out-new-song-and-nothing-is-forever-3326555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;And Nothing Is Forever&#8217;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-cure-new-songs-riga-latvia-footage-setlist-perry-bamonte-2022-tour-3324212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Alone&#8217;, &#8216;Endsong&#8217;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-the-cure-debut-another-devastating-new-song-i-can-never-say-goodbye-3332974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;I Can Never Say Goodbye&#8217;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-the-cure-debut-heartfelt-new-song-a-fragile-thing-in-italy-3343340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;A Fragile Thing&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-cure-robert-smith-interview-new-album-solo-songs-of-the-lost-world-3173769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking on the BandLab NME Awards 2022 in March<\/a>, Robert Smith solely instructed <em>NME <\/em>that The Cure\u2019s long-awaited 14th album \u2013 the follow-up to 2008\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/reviews-the-cure-9962-342712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;4:13 Dream&#8217;<\/a> \u2013 shall be referred to as &#8216;Songs Of A Lost World&#8217;. &#8220;It\u2019s got artwork, it\u2019s got a running order, it\u2019s almost done!&#8221; he defined.<\/p>\n<p>The Cure\u2019s UK and Ireland tour is about to kick off in Dublin on December 1 \u2013 you&#8217;ll be able to see the total record of dates under, <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-cure-tickets%2Fartist%2F915776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and discover any remaining tickets right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"td-outer-wrap\" class=\"td-theme-wrap\">\n<div id=\"tdb-autoload-article\" data-autoload=\"off\" data-autoload-org-post-id=\"3298259\" data-autoload-type=\"\" data-autoload-count=\"5\">\n<div class=\"td-main-content-wrap td-container-wrap\">\n<div class=\"tdc-content-wrap\">\n<div id=\"tdi_74\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_75 wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_86\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_87 wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_89 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_92 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_94 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_95 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_95\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-cure-release-1990-demo-of-cut-from-upcoming-wish-album-reissue-3298259\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>DECEMBER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>01 \u2013 3ARENA, Dublin, Ireland<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>02 \u2013 SSE, Belfast, Northern Ireland<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>04 \u2013 OVO HYDRO, Glasgow, Scotland<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>06 \u2013 FIRST DIRECT ARENA, Leeds, England<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>07 \u2013 UTILITA ARENA, Birmingham, England<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>08 \u2013 MOTORPOINT ARENA, Cardiff, Wales<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11 \u2013 THE SSE ARENA, Wembley, London, England<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>12 \u2013 THE SSE ARENA, Wembley, London, England<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>13 \u2013 THE SSE ARENA, Wembley, London, England<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The put up <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-weller-calls-the-cures-robert-smith-a-fat-ct-3345793\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Weller calls The Cure&#8217;s Robert Smith a &#8220;fat c**t&#8221;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\" target=\"_blank\">NME<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Paul Weller has launched a scathing private assault on The Cure frontman Robert Smith, calling him a &#8220;fucking fat cunt&#8221;. 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