James Arthur Cancels Engagements After Twittergate

<p>In a week in which James Arthur's brand has come crashing down around him, the singer has cancelled all engagements.</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 22nd November 2013</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4602238131.jpg" width="461" height="239" alt="James Arthur" title="James Arthur"/></p> <p></p><p>In a very public meltdown this week; where <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/tags/JamesArthur">James Arthur </a>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.'</p><p></p><p>A statement released today said:</p><p></p><p>"James would like to apologise to his fans for any disappointment caused to them by these cancellations," it added.</p><p></p><p>"He hopes to get back to full health as soon as possible."</p><p></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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’.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/null">Lucy Spraggan</a>, who is openly gay, shared texts sent to her from the singer who is now mired in controversy.</p><p></p><p>The text to the Tea and Toast singer, who shared the message via Twitter, said:</p><p></p><p>‘Lucy what are you playing at having digs at me?</p><p></p><p>‘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?</p><p></p><p>‘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].’</p><p></p><p>He then told her to ‘fuck off’ with her ‘career shite’ and then said: ‘Real people don’t care.’</p><p></p><p>To which Spraggan replied with a text saying: ‘Real people are people you arsehole.’</p><p></p><p>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.’</p><p></p><p></p><p>She then tweeted: ‘And that was tweeted because it has to be fucking said. Dick.’</p><p></p><p>James Arthur momentarily took control of his Twitter account to tweet:</p><p></p><p>'Keep the witch hunt coming motherfuckers. Be a sheep or do some homework. I'm off again lol #LOVE enjoy HQ gettin my lyrics wrong ;) x'</p><p></p><p></p><p>So is this it for James Arthur? Can he recover from this?</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p>