Curtis Moore made his X Factor debut last Saturday night, when he was seen getting a little lippy with Simon Cowell. After Curtis’s performance of ‘Let Me Love You’, Simon said “I really like you” but warned him to “stop being such a smarta**e”.

It turns out he’s not just a smart arse, he’s also a bit of a young hooligan. A lady who was too scare to reveal her name, told The Sun:

“Curtis used to cause so much trouble in the shopping centre and carried a knife. He shoplifted mainly with lads older than him and even attempted stealing a bike the young owner was sat on in the middle of a busy bus station.

“They just sat around all day getting drunk and stoned. I once disarmed him of a Stanley knife after he ran after another young man in a multi-storey car park. His mates are forever in and out of jail or on tag.”

The X Factor have refused to throw him out of the competition upon hearing these revelations and we would love to know what you think of this story. Does Curtis deserve another chance to turn his life around, or is his inclusion in the show setting a bad examply for other youngsters in the UK? Leave your comments below.