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James Arthur is certainly not gay as we know him to have a girlfriend. However, for a homophobic slur he used in a rap, he called out Lucy Spraggan, a gay rights activist and singer. James Arthur has spoken out about his past homophobic claims, claiming that his words were ‘taken out of context’. The X Factor winner made headlines back in when embroiled in a feud with. The Impossible singer threw fuel on the fire of his latest Twitter feud with Teddy Edwardes when his mate posted online an X-rated picture of the glamour model that she apparently sent to James.

Following his recent return to the charts, X Factor winner James Arthur has been discussing his homophobic past, claiming his anti-gay comments were “taken out of context”. Arthur nearly ended his own career back in , after branding a fellow artist a “f**king queer”. James Arthur has spoken about the backlash over his homophobic comments. The former X Factor winner was heavily criticised for hurling a homophobic slur at rapper Micky Worthless in X Factor winner James Arthur has cancelled all of his engagements for a week due to "acute exhaustion".

It comes after a turbulent seven days, in which the pop star became involved in a homophobia row, and ceded control of his Twitter account to his managers. A statement released on Friday said the year-old had been "instructed to rest for several days by his doctor". Arthur won the X Factor last year, selling 1.

But his outspoken public statements have continually landed him in hot water. His Twitter feed often seemed hostile - taking foul-mouthed pot shots at boybands, and repeatedly criticising Cardle's manager. Things came to a head last week, when he unveiled a rap song in which he called up-and-coming musician Micky Worthless a "peasant" and advised: "You should shoot yourself". 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 like that around". Arthur apologised and promised to take the song offline, saying he was "disappointed in myself for being so naive". But he then sent Spraggan a string of angry text messages, calling her "two-faced" and a "fickle attention seeker".

You not thing [sic] you're being a bit over the top? She published the exchange on her Twitter feed, saying: "Just had a very interesting text from a very stupid guy. Speaking to the BBC earlier this month , Arthur revealed he had refused any media training from his record label. But if I'm not like that, I won't feel human anymore," he said.

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