Nadine Coyle speaks out: Girls Aloud split because group was ‘bitter’ that I was considered the better singer

Nadine Coyle has claimed the reason for Girls Aloud splitting was because her fellow bandmates were jealous of her being considered the best singer.

Coyle, 32, accused Cheryl, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh of being behind the decision, claiming they were “bitter” that she was given more vocals.

“It was fine at the start but there’s always politics in any band,” she told The Sun.

“It just happened that I always got more vocals than everybody else, so in terms of people wanting their voice heard, that wasn’t happening.

“And it made people, very bitter. They didn’t like that.”

Coyle said there was a clear divide in the group, with herself and Sarah Harding struggling to get on with Cheryl, Roberts and Walsh.

The Irish singer – who is gearing up to release her comeback single Go To Work – said it upsets her to think that they weren’t all best friends.

“It's so sad for me to have to admit this stuff now because for so long, there's the band, and you want everybody to think we're best friends and we have pillow fights and, you know, drink milkshakes,” she said.

“That's what I wanted it to be. I really, really wanted that to be, but it just wasn't how it was. So yeah there was [a divide]. We're all very, very different characters.”

The group were put together on the 2002 series of ITV’s Popstars: The Rivals and went on to achieve four number one’s and 22 Top 40 hits before going on hiatus in 2009. They enjoyed a brief reunion tour in 2013.

Cheryl previously claimed Coyle’s desire to go solo was the reason behind their break and braded Coyle “full of s***” for insisting the decision was made without her.

Coyle has now rejected Cheryl’s claims, saying: “When we took the hiatus she was the one that came out with songs immediately. I didn’t do anything for a long time.”

Coyle said she found out the group were splitting for good minutes before they were about to perform at Liverpool’s Echo Arena.

“I thought we were going to continue,” she said. “I thought we were going to do loads and loads of stuff.

“We had songs, we had a three-album deal and it seemed like a great time. Obviously the girls had different plans.

“The very last night, management had come to the room.

"I was all ready, just about to get dressed and they were like, ‘So I know you’re not going to like this, I know you’re not going to agree, but the girls want to split up the band’.

She finished: “And I asked Sarah and she was like, ‘I can’t be bothered and I hate everything’.”