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Paramore Respond To Farro Brothers’ Statement

The three remaining members talk to MTV about their, erm, accidentally busy Christmas.

The three remaining members of Paramore have finally responded to the statement made by Josh and Zac Farro that was published online just before Christmas.

Speaking to MTV News Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and bassist Jeremy Davis admitted they were both shocked and deeply hurt when they found out that the former guitarist and drummer had posted their reasons for departure online:

"I don't know if I got a phone call or an e-mail, but I woke up to it, basically, and that sucked, and I was not happy," Williams said to MTV. "And yeah, it hurts, because what we were told was that they weren't happy, they didn't want to do this, and you can't be mad at someone for not feeling something. ... But then when it really became about all these other things, I was very surprised and kind of felt led on, almost. We've been doing this for six, seven years now. I don't think any of this has been in vain, for any of us ... and I don't think anyone should discredit it."

Guitarist Taylor York also added his view on the comments made on Josh's blog:

"It was a drag. ... Once we released our statement, we all knew they would probably release something. So I think we were all kind of bracing ourselves. You know, breakups are hard, and there's a lot of feelings so we kind of, in a way, we expected there to be something weird. So, yeah, it was really hard to read, just because it seemed like a lot of the stuff was pretty irrelevant to what happened. I think that was the weird thing, 'cause it just didn't seem really necessary."

For the full story click here and head back to the MTV site for their new Paramore documentary that will be streamed live on Friday, January 07 at 4.00pm ET (9.00pm GMT).