JH: When did you start
writing your EP?
JD: It was February believe it or
not. I was in New York and I
was walking through Central
Park and it was all snowy and
beautiful I was like “this year
I’m not going to be a Grinch,
I’m actually going to be
Christmasy”, so I went back to
the hotel with my guitar player
and we wrote a Christmas song.
Pardon the pun it all
snowballed from there.
Internet and in real life, so for
me I’ve always stayed true to
working with anti-bullying
campaigns and anti-bullying
charities because it’s important
to work on it. It’s a good thing
too when you understand it
and you’ve been there.
JH: Is cyber bullying
harder than real life
bullying?
JD: I was bullied, even
physically at some points, but I
do think Internet bullying
JH: Which is your ultimate
actually, because if you get hurt
physically it’s easier to brush
Christmas song?
JD: Ultimate Christmas song is off because you know bruises
fade, but Internet bullying is a
definitely Fairy-tale of New
York by the Pogues, every time totally different kettle of fish,
I hear that it’s like “this is when people think, “oh you’ve been
bullied online why don’t you
it’s Christmas”. So I avoid
listening to it until Christmas. If just shut off your computer,
why don’t you just step away
me or my brothers hear it on
from the Internet”, but no, that
the radio we have to ring the
other one, to say “it was on, it’s doesn’t work that way, what
people say to you works its way
Christmas!”
into your head.
JH: Your Christmas song is
JH: Did you get a lot of that
very John Lewis, would
on your time on X Factor?
you like your music to be
JD: Yeah, I even had mean
used in that way?
tweets coming in from bloody
JD: Who wouldn’t? I like their
Alan Sugar – or Lord Sugar, so
emotional ads!
I’m pretty used to getting mean
JH: We’ve heard that you’ve things from people.
teamed up with Ditch The
JH: Did you say mean
Label, the anti-bullying
things back?
charity, why was this
JD: No, gosh no. I was asked
important to you?
about it, but what does that
JD: Well I myself was bullied
show - money can’t buy
for a long time, a lot of years
happiness if you’re giving
actually, I’m not going to lie. I
abuse to a 16-year-old girl on
mean I still get cyber bullied
the Internet – why would you
but I’m at that age now when
I’m just like I don’t really care. I do it – you know?
know how it feels, I know how
hard it is to be bullied on the
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What’s
the
difference
between
a unicorn
and a
bisexual?
One of
them is
actually
portrayed
in the
media.