Courtney Love is hit by angry backlash from Taylor Swift fans after branding singer ‘unimportant’ – as they accuse her of ‘minimising women in music’

Courtney Love has been on the receiving end of furious vitriol from Taylor Swift’s fan base after she claimed she thought the singer was ‘unimportant’ as an artist.

The singer, 59, took aim at Swift’s artistic merits in a new interview with The Evening Standard, where she claimed: ‘Taylor is not important. She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.’

Unsurprisingly, Love’s remarks have not gone down well with Swift’s legions of super fans, who have accused the Holes hitmaker of ‘minimising women in music’.

Lana Del Rey, 38, and Madonna, 65, and Beyonce, 42, also were the target of Love’s acid-tongue, as she took aim at their abilities in the same interview.

Infuriated fans claimed that there was a pattern of Love slamming ‘more talented women’ in the music industry and accused her of ‘trying to stay relevant’.