Steve Brookstein faced backlash earlier today after tweeting about the 7/7 bombings in relation to his debut album.
He explained that when the terror attack happened in London, he was celebrating the success of his record Heart and Soul.
10 years ago I was heading home from New York and Barcelona after celebrating a No1 album. Totally oblivious to 7/7 attacks.
— Steve Brookstein (@stevebrookstein) July 7, 2015
As you might expect, the X Factor winner’s tweet didn’t go down well with a lot of people.
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the bombings which claimed the lives of 52 people.
Steve Brookstein’s ‘number one album’ had dropped out of the top 100 by 7/7 so he was dragging the arse out of the celebrations a bit. — Andy Dawson (@profanityswan) July 7, 2015
I’m quite tired and you can’t be outraged about everything, so I am filing Steve Brookstein’s tweet under “insensitive but unimportant”.
— Rick Burin (@rickburin) July 7, 2015
10yrs ago I had no idea who you were, 10yrs later I only know you as an attention seeker on Twitter. Not an improvement @stevebrookstein — Mrs T (@WelshTeacup) July 7, 2015
The singer then took to Facebook to explain the reasoning behind his tweet.
He wrote: “7/7 was a weird one. I had an awful June. I had been banned from interviews after doing a couple of interviews that the record label disapproved of and so Eileen and I went away for a few days.
“First Barcelona then straight onto New York. All I remember was I was at the airport when we heard the terrible news. For me, 10 years ago brings back bad memories of media manipulation, lies and public humiliation. I totally missed the news about 7/7.
“Today I used my 140 characters on twitter to say that. Anyone who has read my book knows I didn’t celebrate my single or album success. So the comments that it was some kind of “humblebrag” are totally false – it was sarcasm.”
Steve didn’t have the best success following X Factor.
The 46-year-old added: “Obviously, my troubles don’t compare to those who have lost a loved one in London on July 7th 2005, but this does’t stop people with an agenda trying to twist it to continue the vilification that I’ve endured since falling out with Cowell in 2005.
“My book was pretty much ignored last year and still went to number one on kindle and yet the press pick up on a tweet. Work it out for yourself.”
