The Voice star Linda Jennings defends her decision to pick Tom Jones as a mentor after he names drops AGAIN on the show

THE Voice hopeful Linda Jennings has defended her decision to chose Sir Tom Jones as her mentor, after he name dropped AGAIN on the show.

Appearing on ITV's Lorraine this morning, the singer said she picked the Sex Bomb star after he told her a story about Sir Paul McCartney.

On Saturday viewers saw Linda belt out The Beatles hit Long and Winding Road and Sir Tom couldn't resist ANOTHER boast about his celebrity pals.

First of all Gavin Rossdale tried to secure Linda, 49, for his team and told her she was "very special" before adding: "You would complete my team because you're very individual."

Yet his kind words seems to pale in significance to Sir Tom when he opened up on his contacts book.

In his pitch he gushed: "I was in a club in London in the Sixties with Paul McCartney and I said 'Sir Paul could you write me a song?'

"And he said OK and that was the song - The Long and Winding Road.

"He said 'this is the song but it has to be your next single' and I had a record coming out that week so I didn't get it.

"So that song has always been very close to me."

The Welshman's monologue was enough to convince Linda.

Speaking to Lorraine's stand in host Helen Skelton, she said about her choice: "It was hard, but Tom’s story was so compelling and I am a big Beatles fan and he had been hanging out in the 60s with Paul McCartney!"

Meanwhile, Linda also caught the eye of the public who have been calling her the "new Honey G"

With her enormous sunglasses and sassy style, viewers compared her to the X Factor star especially when she told the audience: “My friends call me Linda J!”

One fan tweeted: "Honey G the second"

Another said: "It's Honey G all over again"

This one said: "We've got another Honey G"

The Voice returns Saturday 8.30pm

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