Katherine Jenkins has lashed out at a vicious cyber-bully over their “pathetic” attempts to “destroy” her character over the past year.
The outburst came in the wake of the mezzo soprano’s appearance on BBC cookery programme Something for the Weekend.
Jenkins, 31, recognised the name of her assailant when a question which had been sent in to the show was read out on air by host Tim Lovejoy.
Within half an hour of the show ending, Jenkins took to Twitter where she wrote a long post slamming the stalker’s behaviour.
She wrote: “I find it very sad that even as an adult you think it’s ok to bully someone.
“You have no right to harass me as you’ve done over the past year with comments like ‘bring out the dead daddy story again’.”
The barb is a reference to the singer’s loss of her father to lung cancer when she was 15-years-old.
“You’ve set up a false account in my name where you slate and destroy my character” she added.
“After blocking you, you still tried to find a way to get to me and this morning was one step too far.
“Sending in a question to be read on live TV (which didn’t even make any sense!) to ‘make me look clueless’ is utterly pathetic you clearly failed.
“I’ve tried to ignore you but after this it’s time to stand up to you.”
Jenkins refused to name her attacker on the grounds that they would find the attention gratifying.
“The sad thing is you’ll probably enjoy the attention which is why I haven’t mentioned your twitter name but I know you know who you are,” she said.
The revelation completed a bad week for Jenkins who also had a £25,000 poppy made of black diamonds and rubies stolen shortly before she was due to sing in front of the Queen in the Festival of Remembrance at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Jewellers Garrard, who had produced the broach as a one-off piece for the occasion, have pledged to replace the poppy which was to be auctioned to provide funds for injured servicemen.
Jenkins declined to comment further on the cyber-bullying incident.
But last night her management released a statement saying that: “Bullying of any kind is unacceptable.
“Katherine loves Twitter as it is one of the many ways she speaks and connects to her friends and fans.
“It’s a shame that a minority use it as a way to cyber bully.”
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Article source: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/11/15/katherine-hits-out-at-pathetic-cyber-bully-91466-29777309/
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