James Arthur may have won the X Factor, but he has LOST a huge number of fans after using offensive homophobic language in a rap.
And, now that fellow former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has published a heated text exchange between her and The Impossible singer, fans have officially begun to boycott his album.
"Don't f**k with the gays"
It all began when James called unknown rapper Micky Worthless a "f**king queer" in a rap, offending countless Twitter users and celebrities alike.
And Lucy Spraggan joined fans in slamming James for his thoughtless behaviour, tweeting: "People kill themselves every day because there's insults like that around. It's not something a role model should say. #donthate."
James, as a result of the recent backlash, decided to quit the social networking site for good, saying: "#LOVE to my fans but I'm coming off twitter for good. HQ will be doing all my tweets from now on. PEACE!"
Lucy then tweeted: "I see your truuuuue colours shining throoooough" and added: "Don't f**k with the gays".
However James, despite leaving Twitter in the hands of his management, then decided to send Lucy a barrage of angry texts - texts which the songstress has now made public.
In one, he wrote: "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 didn't tweet your album link I've been busy but you didn't need to be so two faced…"
Lucy tweeted an image of the text exchange, explaining to her followers that she "just had a very interesting text from a very stupid guy. Mistakeo."
"And that was tweeted because it has to be f**king said. D**k"
"And that was tweeted because it has to be fking said. Dk."
Fans have since taken to Twitter, sharing their emails to iTunes granting a refund on James' debut album because of his comments.
One user wrote: "It's not too late to get your refund on James Arthur's album", with another echoing James' own words, saying "real people DO care".
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