There was a rather awkward moment on the radio on Monday when Perrie Edwards admitted to The Saturdays' star Mollie King that her group had been 'cut' from Little Mix's Brit Awards acceptance speech last week.
On Tuesday night, the former X Factor winners pulled off a historic Brits when they became the first female act to take home the trophy for British Group at the annual event.
The now trio beat the likes of Bicep and The 1975 to emerge victorious and, in their acceptance speech, Jade Thirlwall paid tribute to girl groups of the modern era who'd failed to win the award in the past - Spice Girls, All Saints, Sugababes and Girls Aloud.
One group who didn't get a mention from Little Mix were The Saturdays, who had substantial chart success between 2008 and 2014, including a number 1 in 2013 with their Sean Paul duet What About Us.
The Saturdays' omission from the list prompted memes doing the rounds on social media, using What About Us' title as their inspiration and, during a conversation with Mollie and her Radio 1 co-host Matt Edmonson on Monday, Perrie revealed she wanted to mention The Saturdays but there was a collective decision to stick to the four.
Stirring the pot, Matt asked: "Spice Girls, Sugababes, All Saints, Girls Aloud, all incredible female bands. Hmmm. Is there anyone in there you think might be missing?"
Perrie replied: "You know what, in the dressing room I did flag this and say we would have to list The Saturdays and then Jade said 'what about Banarama? What about all the greats?'
"And then everyone was like you can't stand there and list every single girl band just do four and move on, honestly Molly I had your back. Don't you worry."
Not done with his stirring, Matt suggested it was made "worse" because The Saturdays were actually "cut" from the speech, remarking: "I think that makes it worse. It was considered and they were cut."
In their Brits' acceptance speech, Perrie's bandmates Leigh-Anne addressed some of the struggles they've faced during their decade in the music industry, following their X Factor win in 2011.
Leigh-Anne said: "It's not easy being a female in the UK pop industry. We've seen the white male dominance, misogyny, sexism and lack of diversity.
"We're proud of how we've stuck together, stood our ground, surrounded ourselves with strong women and are now using our voices more than ever."
