X Factor star Danyl Johnson has been telling Now magazine that he’s “trying to ignore” the outpouring of bad press that’s haunted him over the past couple of weeks.

Danyl told the magazine, “I don’t read the papers because good and bad stuff can go to your head or get you down.”

He went on to say, “You can’t get away from it because people will let you know about different things.

“But I just try to keep focused and keep my mind on the game in hand.”

When asked how he felt about Simon describing his very first audition as “the best I’ve ever seen”, Danyl said, “You think, ‘Great, now I’m going to be rubbish’.

“I totally suffered from that because it was like, ‘What else do I do?’

“But Simon’s on our side. I speak to him all the time.”

I hope Danyl’s managed to pick himself up for this week’s show; he was clearly very upset last week and didn’t do himself any favours.

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