'X Factor' Winner James Arthur Publicly Dumps PR On Twitter, Compares Himself To Killer Whale

James Arthur Publicly Dumps PR In Yet Another Twitter Rant
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James Arthur has very publicly dumped his PR on Twitter and asked his fans to apply for the job.

The 'X Factor' winner left the social media site last year after a string of embarrassing incidents, only for his management to take over the account.

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Since then they've been posting very PR-friendly tweets on his behalf using the fairly cheesy hash-tag '#LOVE' - and it seems like James has had enough of it.

The singer took matters into his own hands yesterday when he logged on to ask his PR to stop being so "embarrassing" on Twitter, saying:

He then took a pop at fellow talent show winner Paul Potts - who won the first series of 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2007 - tweeting:

James then went as far as telling fans he wanted one of them to take over the task of running his Twitter page, adding:

James also called on fans to design the cover art for his forthcoming mixtape 'All The World's A Stage' which will feature James rapping (because we all know how well it went for him the last time he tried rapping...) and singing - but he's been very specific in what he wants for the design.

He explained to fans that he wanted the cover art to feature the orca whale 'Tilikum', featured in the film 'Blackfish', who lashed out at crowds after being forced to perform in captivity (could he possibly be using a very subtle metaphor?), tweeting:

His tweets even managed to irk the usually mild-mannered Paul Potts, who hit back at James's tweets on his own Twitter page.

He openly tweeted to James: "You're a talented guy and ur music is great. But you're not an amateur anymore. Criticising ur promotion team openly on here isn't the best idea. Their wages come out of your budget and there will come a time when you need them more than they need u."

Oh dear, you know things are bad when you've angered Paul Potts. The question is, which sweet-natured soul is James Arthur going to pick a fight with next? Susan Boyle? Elmo??

Paul has since tweeted The Huffington Post UK directly to explain his original tweets further, saying:

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NRJ Music Awards - Cannes(01 of14)
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James Arthur arriving at the 15th edition of the NRJ Awards, Palais De Festival, Cannes. (credit:PA)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 15: James Arthur performs live on stage at the Hammersmith Apollo on January 15, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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British singer and musician James Arthur arrives at the Cannes festival palace, for the NRJ Music awards ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, in Cannes, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:AP)
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File photo dated 1/9/2013 of X Factor winner James Arthur who has been diagnosed with "acute exhaustion" and cancelled all engagements while he recovers - just days after being embroiled in a homophobia row. (credit:PA)
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James Arthur switches on the Oxford Street Christmas Lights in London. (credit:PA)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 04: James Arthur meets fans and signs copies of his self titled album at HMV, Oxford Street on November 4, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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James Arthur performing during Capital FM's Summertime Ball, at Wembley Stadium in north London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday June 9, 2013. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire (credit:PA)
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James Arthur arrives at the Amy Winehouse Foundation Ball in London . (credit:PA)
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X Factor winner James Arthur arrives to sign copies of his new single Impossible in HMV at the Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough. (credit:PA)
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X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger with finalists James Arthur, right, and Jahmene Douglas during a photocall at Manchester Central in Manchester, ahead of this weekend's final. (credit:PA)
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X Factor finalist James Arthur at a photocall before the X Factor secret gig, at Talk Talk, in Soho, central London. (credit:PA)