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  • X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan speaks out against ITV’s reality TV aftercare

    X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan speaks out against ITV’s reality TV aftercare

    Lucy Spraggan claims “suicides won’t stop” after ITV cancels the Jeremy Kyle show.

    Lucy Spraggan took to social media to put ITV on blast following on from the broadcaster’s decision to cancel the Jeremy Kyle show following on from the suspected suicide of one of its guests.

    Lucy who starred in another ITV reality show, the X Factor, the singer wrote, “It’s not about axing shows. Love Island is about to start again. It’s about ITV actually caring about guests/contestants/reality TV stars”.

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    Adding insight into aftercare for reality stars, Lucy continued, “As soon as the show is finished, that’s it. Why isn’t there support? Does it cost too much? More than a life? The suicides won’t stop.”

    “Lonely”

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    Speaking out on her own reality show experience, she added “ITV, change the way you see your responsibility to the people on your shows. Start/improve aftercare, accept responsibility, give them HELP.

    “As one show is axed another will begin and the perpetual process will start again. I’ve been there, it’s f***ing lonely.

    “And believe me, I have a lot more to say about it. Which I will. It’s a f***ing tragedy and seemingly ITV will not learn. They have had plenty of opportunities to.”

    Love Island, which is due to air a new series has had under 100 contestants over its 4 series, two of whom have died, by suspected suicide.

  • Lucy Spraggan hurt in vicious attack after Brighton gig

    Singer-songwriter Lucy Spaggan was attacked after a gig in Brighton, leaving her with cuts and bruises.

    Lucy Spraggan, who came to fame during X Factor in 2012, published a picture of her clutching a clump of her hair and face full of cuts and bruises after she left a gig in Brighton.

    Lucy, along with her wife and her guitarist were assaulted by people unknown which left her with whiplash and cuts and bruises on her face. She told her fans on Twitter that Sussex Police had been informed and had been “amazing”.

    Talking about her attack she said,

    “Was attacked tonight after the show inBrightonn, along with my guitarist and wife.
    #SussexPolice have been amazing and are pursuing a charge.

    “Got a bit of whiplash and a few bruises but we’re all good. Scary shit, man. Be safe out there!”

     

  • Lucy Spraggan Wakes Up To Stray Dog In Her Garden

    Singer Lucy Spraggan has woken this morning to find a stray dog in her garden.

    In a tweet to her fans, the former X Factor singer Lucy Spraggan has asked whether anyone knows who the cute but skinny dog she found in her garden this morning belongs to.

    Fans have urged the singer to take the dog to her nearest vet to get her chipped.

    https://twitter.com/lspraggan/status/627401187822841856/photo/1

     

  • James Arthur Cancels Engagements After Twittergate

    In a week in which James Arthur’s brand has come crashing down around him, the singer has cancelled all engagements.

    In a very public meltdown this week; where James Arthur released a homophobic ‘diss’ rap, his Twitter account was on management lock down, a public row with Frankie Boyle and a spat with Lucy Spraggan, the X Factor winner has been instructed by his doctor to ‘rest for several days.’

    A statement released today said:

    “James would like to apologise to his fans for any disappointment caused to them by these cancellations,” it added.

    “He hopes to get back to full health as soon as possible.”

    Arthur who won last year’s X Factor has apologised to the gay community after an argument on Twitter in which he used the homophobic slur ‘You F**king Queer’ in a rap.

    The singer was responding to an underground rapper, Micky Worthless, who criticised Arthur’s decision to enter X Factor in 2012. Arthur responded with a rap which included the gay slur, ‘You f**king queer’.

    Lucy Spraggan, who is openly gay, shared texts sent to her from the singer who is now mired in controversy.

    The text to the Tea and Toast singer, who shared the message via Twitter, said:

    ‘Lucy what are you playing at having digs at me?

    ‘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?

    ‘You not think you’re being a bit over the top? Do you want attention or something? Sorry I didnt tweet you’re album link I’ve been busy but you didn’t need to be so two faced [all sic].’

    He then told her to ‘f**k off’ with her ‘career sh**e’ and then said: ‘Real people don’t care.’

    To which Spraggan replied with a text saying:

    ‘Real people are people you arsehole.’

    The text Ping-Pong ended with Arthur suggesting that Spraggan was ‘two faced’ and should ‘disappear’ to which she suggested: ‘I think you’ll do that far before I do.’

    She then tweeted:

    ‘And that was tweeted because it has to be f**kng said. Dick.’

    James Arthur momentarily took control of his Twitter account to tweet:

    ‘Keep the witch hunt coming motherf**kers. Be a sheep or do some homework. I’m off again lol #LOVE enjoy HQ gettin my lyrics wrong 😉 x’

    So is this it for James Arthur? Can he recover from this?

  • NEWS: James Arthur Texts Lucy Spraggan ‘Real’ People Don’t Care

    James Arthur Texts Lucy Spraggan an abusive tirade and accuses her of being a ‘gay activist’ and real people didn’t care about his ‘queer’ rap.

    James Arthur’s tweets may now be managed by his PR company, but he hasn’t relinquished those powers to his texting after Lucy Spraggan, who is openly gay, shared texts sent to her from the singer who is now mired in controversy.

    The text to the Tea and Toast singer, who shared the message via Twitter, said:

    ‘Lucy what are you playing at having digs at me?

    ‘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?

    ‘You not think you’re being a bit over the top? Do you want attention or something? Sorry I didnt tweet you’re album link I’ve been busy but you didn’t need to be so two faced [all sic].’

    He then told her to ‘f**k off’ with her ‘career sh**e’ and then said: ‘Real people don’t care.’

    To which Spraggan replied with a text saying:

    ‘Real people are people you a**ehole.’

    The text Ping-Pong ended with Arthur suggesting that Spraggan was ‘two faced’ and should ‘disappear’ to which she suggested: ‘I think you’ll do that far before I do.’

    She then tweeted:

    ‘And that was tweeted because it has to be f**king said. Dick.’

     

    James Arthur momentarily took control of his Twitter account to tweet:

    ‘Keep the witch hunt coming motherf**kers. Be a sheep or do some homework. I’m off again lol #LOVE enjoy HQ gettin my lyrics wrong 😉 x’

    Arthur who won last year’s X Factor has apologised to the gay community after an argument on Twitter in which he used the homophobic slur ‘You F**king Queer’ in a rap.

    The singer was responding to an underground rapper, Micky Worthless, who criticised Arthur’s decision to enter X Factor in 2012. Arthur responded with a rap which included the gay slur, ‘You f**king queer’.

  • TV REVIEW | X Factor The Live Shows 2012

    Same old same old, but with makeup so thick, I’m surprised the contestants could bat their collective eyelids as the harsh light of showbiz hit them, like karaoke Bambis standing in the open meadow for the first time.

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  • X Factor Homophobia Towards Rylan Clark Continues

    Sunday night’s episode saw Lucy Spraggan, Jade Ellis and Rylan Clark make history on ITV’s flagship show X FACTOR.

    The openly gay singers battled 10,000s of hopefuls to be one of the twelve contestants to make it through to the live show.

    Lucy Spraggan and Jade Ellis are the first openly gay women to appear on the show. Lucy, 21 from Canterbury took to Twitter last night to say:

     

    ‘That was intense… It begins here.”

     

    However there was a dark cloud over Rylan’s camp as an outpouring of homophobic messages flooded social networks, after his trademark larger than life reaction to the news that Nicole Scherzinger was taking him through to the live shows.

     

    ‘Is this a wind-up? Are you having me on?’ he questioned.

    Rylan later added:

    ‘We’re going to have a right laugh.’

     

    Despite his outrageous reaction to the news Rylan insisted that he isn’t the joke finalist of this year’s competition.

     

    He said:

    ‘I think at the beginning of this process everyone looked at me as a bit of a joker and then people couldn’t be more wrong. I had to go in there and show that I can be serious and be a singer.

    ‘I haven’t really got that much back home, I want to turn that around I want to be achieving something rather than keep being a let-down. I have got nothing to go back to now. I’ve got too much riding on this.’

     

    Last week we reported that some users had issued death threats to the Essex singer and reality star.

     

    Rylan hit back on twitter saying:

    ‘I’ve ben [sic] told not to react to all the shit on here but I’m sorry, I’m a mouthy bastard so I’m gonna… I’ve EARNED my place at judges houses just like every other person in this comp, not everyone is going to like me, I know that, but don’t … Judge me for doing something I’ve always wanted to do, for those who are supportive thank you so much, it means the world…..’

     

    He continued:

     

    ‘I understand I’m going to be the one you either love or hate and that’s fine, you can’t please everyone. I have a thick skin and have had to deal with things in the past. But it’s horrible when you have 250,000 people giving you abuse.

    ‘I’ve had death threats and I’ve been told I’m going to get bottled when I go to clubs. I’ve been told I’m going to have my face sliced open. I’m getting a lot of homophobic gay-bashing abuse which, I’m sad to say, is expected.

    ‘Some people are tweeting me like I’m a murderer. It’s absolutely disgusting.’

     

    An alarming number of Twitter followers took to the micro social network to call for the death of the singer.

     

    User @annabelphelan tweeted:

    Rylan Clarke needs to die in a fire.

     

    @elliscarr

    I’m gonna kill Rylan Clarke [sic] !! Anyone fancy joining me?

     

    Whilst other users were openly homophobic:

     

    @Niall_Breen98

    that rylan fella needs a kick in the stones… queer.

     

    @Mariyah1993

    I really dislike gay people. especially this rylan person. His gayness makes me want to stab him. Imagine that was your son? #Astagfirullah.

     

    So far the police have not been involved and no official complaints have been lodged.

     

    A spokesperson for XFACTOR said:

     

    ‘The welfare of our contestants is always our key priority and we work with them to provide what support is needed.’

    All contestants are given briefings on social media and are encouraged to block abusive messages – or to engaged in any negative comments. Any abuse on social networks is reported to platform – and to the police if ‘deemed to be serious’

     

     

    A Spokesperson for Twitter said:

    ‘We can’t comment on individual accounts, however we have a clear policy on our site and a process for users who want to report abuse.’

     

    The live shows start next Saturday night at 8.10PM.

  • Full XFactor Line Up Details For Judges’ Houses

    On this weekend’s The X Factor on ITV1, Gary will be Lord of the Manor at a stately home in the rolling English countryside to meet the Overs; Nicole is at a luxury resort in Dubai with the Boys; Tulisa is on the Caribbean island of St Lucia to greet the Girls; while Louis is in the city that dubs itself the ‘entertainment capital of the world’ – Las Vegas with the Groups.

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  • Rylan And Lucy Through To The Next Round

    Last night’s episode of X Factor saw over a third of hopefuls axed from the show – even before they had the chance to sing in front of the judges.

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  • Pep Talk From JLS For Hopeful X Factor Contestants

    They may have made it through to the X FACTOR’s infamous bootcamp, but a third of the 211 wannabe X Factor winners who impressed the judges from the first round of auditions will be sent home in this evening’s episode, even before they get to perform again.

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  • Lucy Spraggan Chart At Number 11

    Despite the X Factor auditionee pulling her music from digital retailers “in preparation for some things coming up” Lucy has managed to bag herself a top 20 hit with her self-penned song ‘Last Night’.

    Lucy performed the song in front of an audience of millions in last week’s X Factor episode.

    Earlier in the week OfficialCharts.com reported that, based on Sunday and Monday sales figures, Last Night (Beer Fear) was the second most purchased song of the week. The first being X Factor-winning girl group Little Mix.

    Lucy has also enjoyed a massive surge in her twitter followers have risen from around a 1000 followers to over 61,000 users.