Yahoo News James Arthur quits Twitter over abuse and trolling
James Arthur has quit Twitter again, saying he’s had enough of being trolled and needs to protect his mental health.
The former X Factor winner posted a final update on Sunday saying that the abusive comments “quite frankly f***in hurt” before signing over his account to his digital team.
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He wrote: “Have to be honest some of the things I read on here go a bit too far and quite frankly f***in hurt, if that was your goal you win.
“Maybe I should have thicker skin at this point I don’t know but either way this is my last tweet, I’m loggin off. Peace out Twitter friends.”
All posts will be done by digital team moving forward. Thanks for all the love and support shown by fans on this platform over the years it’s been emotional but I’ve gotta delete this app. Much love and respect JA
— James Arthur 🦉 (@JamesArthur23) November 17, 2019
Arthur then clarified that there would still be some updates, but that they’d come from his PR team rather than him personally.
He had clashed with KSI fans in recent weeks after supporting Logan Paul in their boxing match, and supportive comments from Arthur’s fans after his announcement also suggested that trolls had targeted him with cruel comments about his grandmother.
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This isn’t the first time that Arthur has quit Twitter - in 2013, he made a dramatic exit from the site after a high-profile row with comedians Matt Lucas and Frankie Boyle, who called him out on apparently homophobic comments in a rap battle with Micky Worthless.
Arthur’s fans supported his decision to take a step back from social media for a while, sending him encouraging messages.
They do go too far. I'm sorry they hurt you.. and us fans, too. Sometimes we need to focus only on the good, ignore a lot, and sometimes fight back, too. And sometimes we have to take a step back, and come back stronger. See you when you're ready. Love you forever, James... 💜
— Elizabeth Mirra (@MirraElizabeth) November 17, 2019
Nooooo 😭😭 Please don't let them win as you have us your JArmy fans that will support you through anything and we love you so so much 😚 These horrible individuals should know better and twitter needs to be doing more about them as there comments are so nasty. Love you JA ❤
— paula #JArmy 🦉🦋 (@gotts_p) November 17, 2019
It’s ok not to be ok 👍🏻 #YOU do what you gotta do for now, hope to see and hear from #YOU soon . Always got ya back James Arthur. I will be hanging around waiting for your return love always 😘
— Jo -Scott ❤️JArmy (@will1362sky) November 17, 2019
The Say You Won’t Let Go singer has spoken out about his mental health struggles recently, telling Metro: “I feel very equipped to deal with it now. Once upon a time I had no idea what was going on, I was having several panic attacks a day.
“Turns out I was smoking on an ungodly amount of weed, eating badly. I was setting off triggers and didn’t even know what triggers were.
“Everyday I wake up, I have to be aware of it. I guess it’s like addiction, if you’ve got alcoholism you have to keep an eye on your drinking.”
