x
Greg Evans
1636980279
Independent TV
Back in 2005, few people would have predicted that James Blunt - the singer-songwriter behind the love-it-or-hate-it ballad You’re Beautiful - would become one of the internet’s finest purveyors of trolling.
Blunt is still possibly best known for his songs but even if you aren’t a fan of his music he is a must-follow person on Twitter, mostly because of his unbelievably brutal comebacks to his critics.
The 47-year-old recently appeared on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing where he sang a stripped back version of his hit Goodbye, My Lover.
Although many people were touched by the performance not everyone was a fan. One viewer tweeted: “James Blunt voice goes right through me #pressesmute @bbcstrictly”.
Blunt’s witty reply was to say: “Coz you’re so hollow, baby.”
Coz you’re so hollow, baby. https://t.co/XRXg5gG8tk— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1636922367
Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter
This is just one example of the shade Blunt dishes out on Twitter on a regular basis so there feels like no better time than the present to revisit some of the man’s greatest hits on social media.
Warning: Some of this is very NSFW.
1. When someone asked him if he had sex in a hotel bed
Sadly not. I had a dodgy tummy that night and shat the bed. Do send them my regards. https://t.co/Jap41IHg4Z— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1548515840
2. When someone said his songs made them vomit
3. When he called a random Twitter user his ‘Mum’
You could just call me, Mum. RT @oashhab91: @JamesBlunt I created a Twitter account just to follow you— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1492609698
4. When he admitted that his own music is ‘s**t’
And it's taken you a decade to figure that out. @MuzakirAhmed: @JamesBlunt your music's shit— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1405869282
5. When he trolled someone for having sex to his music
Sex on your own is actually just called wanking. RT @bilge1979: I'd like you to know I'm going to be having sex to your new album later.— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1490366495
6. When he trolled someone who claimed that everyone would forget about him if it wasn’t for his Twitter
And the most relevant you’ll ever be is that one time James Blunt tweeted you. https://t.co/zbtjnwQsv0— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1490354525
7. When someone complained about having to listen to one of his songs at work
Silent "with". https://t.co/hxjr2e1LpZ— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1490207861
8. When someone complained about Radio 2 playing his songs too much
Dad? Is that you!? @spenno44: @BBCRadio2 please please please please stop playing James blunt please ...thank you— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1390556224
9. When he waded into a spat between Piers Morgan and Olly Murs
From the man who published fake Iraqi torture pictures. LOL. https://t.co/6VoVd6lZ2q— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1511636157
10. When he swore at Jeremy Hunt without actually swearing
I'm officially handing over my Cockney Rhyming title to @Jeremy_Hunt— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1455199697
11. When he announced the bad news that he was releasing an album on the same day as Adele
Bad news - my new album drops the same day. https://t.co/1kg5C9mTcx— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1634318190
12. When he trolled his biggest song...
Probably time to find some new music to play, guys. https://t.co/X4rVAORpFI— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1633970267
13. ...and did it again
A man of questionable taste in pretty much everything. https://t.co/GDBxmLsYh6— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1634312333
14. When he admitted that he would only go to his own concert if he was paid.
Unless they paid me. https://t.co/4voSh2UiT7— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1616749184
15. When he trolled the people who think that ‘he’s beautiful’
https://t.co/wbv71efA68— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1605617631
Top 100
The Conversation (0)