FORMER The Voice judge Olly Murs took a swipe at ITV – amid Sir Tom Jones’ fury after being dropped as a coach.

The Sun revealed on Monday that Tom, 86, on the show.

Olly Murs smiling on the red carpet in a black suit embellished with white pearls at the "Better Man" European Premiere.The Voice alum Olly Murs penned a supportive message to former co-star Tom Jones after it was revealed the latter was axed from the show Credit: Getty Sir Tom Jones smiling while on the set of The Voice UK.Tom, 86, has been part of The Voice since the programme began in 2012 Credit: ITV

Since then, the legendary musician took to Instagram and slammed the broadcaster for at the last minute – and claimed it was because of ‘financial difficulty’ in the channel.

Former colleague Olly, 42, who , shared a heartfelt message to Tom in the comments section.

He wrote: “Love ya TJ.

“I know how much that show means to you mate. Absolute legend and one of the very best to ever sit in that chair.”

Sir Tom Jones's statement on his firing from The Voice.Legendary singer Tom hit out at ITV with a message on Instagram Credit: Instagram/@realsirtomjones Olly Murs smiling in a red coach's chair on "The Voice UK."Olly was a coach on The Voice from 2018 to 2023 Credit: Rex

A fan commented: “You were the only reason I watched it.”

Another wrote: “Sir Tom is THE VOICE.”

While TV legend Carol Vorderman shared: “Terrible decision imho …

“I saw you perform at Car Fest and you remain simply incredible and A LEGEND. You ARE The Voice.”

Tom wrote in his post: ““To be clear, I did not want to leave The Voice as I love the show and really appreciate the audience.

“ITV made this decision – obviously a while ago, and I was just told recently. The reason given is because of a financial difficulty with insurance.

“They now say in the press they wanted to ‘refresh’ the show, and with a new coaching line-up there wouldn’t be a chair for me.”

He continued: “They are making a much-reduced role where I would make an appearance but without being actually involved from the start, and I’m not thrilled about that.

“So the only thing I know right now, is that there’s never a good time to fire an 86-year-old who’s still pretty good at his job.”

Show sources told The Sun earlier this week they were ‘sad to see him go’ and that, with a new line-up of judges, there wasn’t a seat left.

The Sun previously revealed rapper , who are leaving the show.

Former singer is also set to make her primetime TV comeback as a coach, while rapper is returning with .