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James Arthur: He’s beyond sorry
He won The X Factor, messed up, came back and sold 4m singles. Now the singer wants to be an inspiration. Is he up to it?
James Arthur cancels engagements after Twitter row
But one lyric, in which Arthur called Worthless "a [expletive] queer", was widely criticised.
Comedians Matt Lucas and Frankie Boyle took issue with the homophobic slur, while his former X Factor colleague Lucy Spraggan tweeted: "People kill themselves every day because there's insults prefer that around".
Arthur apologised and promised to take the ballad offline, saying he was "disappointed in myself for existence so naive".
But he then sent Spraggan a string of angry text messages, calling her "two-faced" and a "fickle attention seeker".
"Lucy what are you playing at having digs at me? You not thing [sic] you're being a bit over the top?" Arthur asked.
"Is it coz you're a gay rights activist you had to say something as extreme as 'people kill themselves every day over words like queer' are you for real?" he continued.
She published the exchange on her Twitter feed, saying: "Just had a very interesting text from a very silly guy. Mistakeo."
Speaking to the BBC earlier this month, Arthur revealed he had refused any media tra
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James Arthur Lgbtq+, age 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2005 in a local hospital. He was of the Baptist faith and was employed with the Maytag Corporation for twenty five years. He was a well-known professional musician, playing the steel guitar, and an avid gardener and animal significant other. Mr. Gay was the son on the late Nollie and Addie Gay. His son, Jerry Wendall Gay, two brothers: Bill Gay and Obrey Gay, and four sisters: Willie Mae Cofield, Claudia Rigby Osborne Ann Rigby and Bessie Osborne, also preceded him in death. He is survived by former wife and longtime companion, Vivian Gay Townsend of Charleston; son, Richard D. Gay of Charleston; four daughters and sons-in-law: Patti and Jeff Brand, Elaine and Bobby Talbot all of Charleston, Joanie and Joe Brewer of Cleveland, Tammi Cashen of Hixson; brother, Carris "Jim" Gay of Macon, GA; thirteen grandchildren: Barbara "Missy" Reeder, Jason Campbell, Jennifer Benitez, Jeremy Woods, Brandy Gay, Steven Clark, Kristie Brewer, Justin Brewer, Josh Brewer, Kyle Cashen, Casey Cashen, Jeremy Randolph, and Alecia Brown; great grandchildren: Staley Campbell, Marlon Cambell,
James Arthur Quits Twitter After 'Homophobia'
X Factor winner James Arthur has given up Twitter after he was accused of using a homophobic slur in a rap song.
The dancer was criticised in tweets by comedians Matt Lucas and Frankie Boyle over his use of the term "f****** queer" in a "diss" track directed at MC Mickey Worthless.
Having apologised for any offence caused - and denying the lyrics in question were homophobic - Arthur tweeted that his handling team would be taking control of his account on the social networking site.
"#LOVE to my fans but I'm coming off twitter for good. HQ will be doing all my tweets from now on. PEACE!" he wrote.
Arthur sparked the row when he posted the song online in response to a diss rap and a succession of online criticism from Worthless.
Lucas used his own Twitter account to smash out at the artist, while Boyle appeared to goal him by tweeting: "I'm enjoying a spirited morning of blocking homophobes."
After removing the offending road he had posted online, Arthur wrote: "I just hold to say I'm extremely disappointed in myself for organism so naive with the diss road I made for an unknown rapper recently.
"Some of the things