James Arthur isn't a man to mince his words (just ask fellow 'X Factor' winner Matt Cardle) and despite having L.O.V.E tattooed on his knuckles he's not exactly been throwing much of it in ex girlfriend Rita Ora's direction.


In a new interview, last year's 'X Factor' champ referred to Rita as 'lovely' before taking a breath and basically calling her a 'dickhead'.


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Speaking to The Mirror, James said he wasn't happy after seeing the 'RIP' singer out with another man so soon after they split.


“Who hasn’t had interest from Rita Ora?” James said. “Publicly, that’s her image… but she’s a lovely girl.”


“Recently I was seeing a girl who I wanted to make my girlfriend," he added. "Then she started to question being with me, because she sees in the media that I’m seeing [glamour model] Lacey Banghard.


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“But I get it, because I had the same question when I saw Rita Ora out with me one night and then coming out of a club with David Beckham’s best friend the other night.


“I was like. “Oh f*** you then. A lot of attractive women are dickheads.”


Ladies, over to you...



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