X Factor contestant, Alan Turner has spoken out claiming that did not lie about his family history whilst auditioning for the X Factor.

Alan’s dad spoke out earlier in the week claiming that Alan had lied about not knowing his parents and many other facts, but Alan blamed X Factor editors:

“It wasn’t a true reflection of my life. I felt like a lot of the points were glossed over,” Alan told The Mirror. “But if they did all of it, then it would take up the whole show. There is so much more to my life.”

Turner revealed that his parents split when he was 18 months old and three years later, his mother handed him over to the same foster mother who had raised her.

He added: “When I was four my mum went out for the night and left me with a gay male friend who sexually abused me. Now I’m older I feel that could be one of the reasons she felt she was not capable of looking after me.”

Alan’s dad claims that he is in regular contact with his son and saw him only five weeks ago, a fact which Alan strongly denies.

He said: “I haven’t seen my dad since I was in my teens and that meeting lasted just a few minutes. But I have never called him dad and won’t call him dad to this day.”