British
singer Anthony Costa has been targeted by antisemitic trolls on Twitter.
The
former Blue band member, whose mother is Jewish, told the Daily Star: “I
get it all the time, I’ve had antisemitic comments, ‘Jewish c***’ and ‘I hope
your mum dies’, everyone’s got an opinion now.”
The
32-year-old added: “No one prepares you for the other side of fame.
“When
Blue first started, I was a cheeky chappy, extroverted, but then you start
reading stuff about yourself, and getting abuse on the street, you don’t want
to talk, your head is down, you’re looking at your watch because you want to go
home.”
Mr
Costa’s revelation comes after former Olympic swimming champion Rebecca
Adlington, who is not Jewish but has supported Israel’s Laniado hospital, was
attacked by a Twitter user.
Her
fiance Harry Needs told the Daily Mail that she was called a “Jewish c***
because of her nose and should die like the rest of her lot in a concentration
camp”.
