Sinead O'Connor Bashes Simon Cowell, Says He's 'Murdered Music'

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Sinead O'Connor isn't just feuding with Miley Cyrus anymore.

Earlier this week, the Irish singer made headlines after writing a number of open letters to Miley Cyrus that sparked a Twitter feud between the two. However, O’Connor has now put two other music personalities on blast: Simon Cowell and his fellow X Factor UK judge, Louis Walsh.

“I feel sorry for the murder of music and rock ‘n’ roll, which has happened because of the industry,” O’Connor said in an interview Friday on Ireland’s The Late Late Show. ”Because of Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh — they’ve murdered music. I stand to say it on behalf of every musician in the world and they’ll agree with me.”

O'Connor continued: “The industry has taken over so much, the money-making side of it, the sexualizing of extremely young people making records, and all the worship with money and bling and diamonds, all the Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh — it all amounts to the murder of music and that’s what concerns me.”

As for her feud with Cyrus, O’Connor went to great lengths to make it clear in her interview that she actually does enjoy Miley's music, despite how it might appear from her comments: “I’m not dismissing the records, they are great records. Miley’s records are great records. What I feel is that the industry of music does exploit people who are possibly a little too young to know what they are doing. I’m asking whether it’s appropriate for 20-year-old women to lick sledgehammers for videos in songs which have no lyrical reference to any such thing in them. It’s an exploitation of someone too young to understand the dangers.”

While O'Connor does make some good points about the excessive sexualization of young women, I hardly think TV talent shows like The X Factor are "murdering music." What do you guys think? Sound off in the comments!

Via: Entertainment Weekly