Kings of Leon vs. ‘Glee’ Creator Ryan Murphy: The Feud Gets Nasty

A while back, Ryan Murphy, creator of the hit series “Glee,” wanted Kings of Leon’s music featured on the show, an offer the bandmembers turned down. Murphy blasted KOL in a recent interview, prompting an even bitterer response from drummer Nathan Followill.

The other day, Murphy sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to speak of what fans of “Glee” should expect from the show in the upcoming episodes.

One question that inevitably came up was how he felt about KOL’s refusal to have their music on the series – and Murphy was none too happy about it, calling the guys in the band nothing short of self-centered bastards.

“[Expletive] you, Kings of Leon,” Murphy told THR when asked what he’d tell the band if they ever came face to face.

“They’re self-centered [expletive]-holes and they missed the big picture. They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument,” the series’ creator added.

“It’s like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of Glee all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music,” he added.

KOL officially issued a statement to the media telling that, back in the day when they turned down the “Glee” offer they hadn’t even seen the show, therefore they didn’t know what it was all about.

They also said they didn’t understand where all this anger was coming from.

Drummer Nathan Followill had more to say on the issue than the official statement, taking to his Twitter with a director message to Murphy – who, to better understand the following, is openly gay.

“Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say [expletive],” Nathan tweeted.

Bloggers believe he may have said those things about the bra and the manicure because of Murphy’s orientation – as in, because he’s gay, this is what he does every day, gets manicures and buys bras.

Followill realized that his words were being interpreted as homophobic, so he later returned to his Twitter page to apologize for tweeting without proper consideration.

“I’m sorry 4 anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I’m so not that kind of person. I really do apologize,” he wrote. He also deleted his previous post.