Jedward have spoken out for the first time since discovering their father John is fighting for his life in hospital.
The Lucan twins were crowned runners up on Big Brother last night, after losing out to Coleen Nolan – and they were met with the devastating news about their father shortly after they finished their final Big Brother interview.
The boys’ father, John Grimes has been in a critical condition in hospital over the past number of days, but he insisted on not telling John or Edward, as he wanted them to enjoy the remainder of their time on the show.
The twins’ mum, Susanna Condron revealed the heartbreaking news to the Daily Star.
“The last week has been very stressful for Jedward’s family.” she said.
“John Snr has been in intensive care. He insisted Edward and John must not be informed about his critical condition.
“He stated he would not jeopardise their chances of reaching the final as there would have been legions of disappointed fans.”
The Lucan twins took part in a press conference shortly after finding out the devastating news – and when asked about their father, the boys said they will not going to comment on his condition until they speak with him.
“We are going to talk to him now. We still don’t know the full story yet. We aren’t going to talk about him till we know.” they told The Sun Online.
Our thoughts are with the Grimes’ family at this difficult time.
