Irene Ntale: 'Remember not to bite the hand that once fed you'

"Always remember not to bite the hand that once fed you," reads Ntale's tweet sent out on Sunday. "Wishing y’all a wonderful week ahead."

The tweet generated mixed reactions, with some of her fans encouraging her to double down on the subtweets. Others told her to focus on her music and forget the past, while others wanted her to directly comment on Vinka's recent revelations.

Irene Ntale is yet to directly respond.

Before the aforementioned tweet, Irene Ntale tweeted: "And when God finally Blesses you, remember not to Gloat! Cheers to a lovely Sunday🥂"

TV host Calvin The Entertainer quoted the tweet: "Ladies and gentlemen, Tusimbudde.....abaaye Tusimbudde....keyword... Gloating ✍️😃"

Ntale’s post comes just a few days after her former manager Vinka, real name Veronica Lugya Nakiyingi, revealed how they parted ways.

In a recent media interview, Vinka said her friendship with Irene Ntale had soured before she finally quit Swangz Avenue.

It started in 2017 when Vinka invited Ntale to come for filming the video of her song Level.

It was Vinka's first music video.

Irene Ntale didn't show up. Before deciding to become a professional musician, Vinka was Ntale's manager at Swangz Avenue.

"She was literally my best friend at the time... she didn't come for the video shoot. But for me, that was okay because she was busy," Vinka said during an interview with Ruth Kalibbala on her YouTube channel.

That same year Irene Ntale and Vinka, real name Veronica Lugya Nakiyingi, collaborated on a song titled Stylo.

Ntale would reveal her true colours during the video shoot.

"Then the time came when we had to shoot a video of our song Stylo," said Vinka.

"Eh... My friend came with an attitude... and I didn't know why... My friend came with an attitude... at the time of my video shoot she had already started changing and I didn't know why.

"... she is refusing outfits they're giving her... I got emotional... During the shooting, Irene decided to leave the set, and she left... she threw a tantrum and left... I cried at the shoot."

Asked if she did something wrong to her that led to that, Vinka said: "No."

"I won't say I ever did anything bad to her... till now I don't know what happened between us," she said.

Vinka said she recently met Irene Ntale and she laughed it off.

It was after the video shoot of Stylo that Ntale announced she was quitting Swangz Avenue. She had been there since 2013.

While at Swangz Avenue, Vinka used to record jingles and promotion audios. That's how her bosses noticed she could sing.

In 2016, she started recording songs though they weren't good. Then one day she told Swangz Avenue managers that she wanted to step into professional singing.