X Factor Star Danyl Johnson Receives Apology From Neighbor

By | Posted on August 26th, 2009
  • Ever dreamed of becoming a huge success and triumphantly returning to your hometown to rub everyone’s face in it? Recent X Factor sensation Danyl Johnson would have every right to do such a thing. After all, when he was practicing his scales and doing his runs as a teenager, he got nothing but grief from folks in his hometown of Reading, England. Joyce Nicholls, one of Johnson’s old neighbors, told the local paper:

    “I would cut my own arm off to apologize to that young man for the way I used to shout at him for his singing. He would just go on and on and I never thought he was that good, but when I saw X Factor and recognized who it was I was absolutely flabbergasted. He was just sensational, absolutely amazing, I could not believe it. He really is talented and I hope he wins, I really do…how wrong I was, I feel terrible now.”

    One person who commented on the article thinks Nicholls cutting off her arm would make great television. Sign her up for the next season of Britain’s Got Talent; surely she wouldn’t be as indulgent as that guy who could fart in tune.

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