X Factor's Alan Turner refutes lying accusation
An X Factor contestant who was accused of lying to the judges by his own father has revealed a more traumatic upbringing than the one he supposedly fabricated for the TV cameras.
Alan Turner, 23, has told of being abused as a child and abandoned by both of his parents by the time he was four.
The call centre worker from Barnsley told The Mirror that his father, Alan senior, walked out on his mother when he was 18 months old after finding her in bed with another women.
When he was four, Turner’s mother gave him to the foster parent who raised her. He now suspects her decision may have been a reaction to finding he had been sexually abused.
"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.”
Turner was accused of lying by his father after he appeared on last Saturday’s episode of the ITV show telling how he had been fostered and wanted to get to know his biological family.
He told the judges: “I'm hopefully going to win the X Factor to prove to my real family that I'm not a waste of space and to prove [myself] to my foster parent and make her proud of me."
He said that he was put into foster care at the age of four and that he had "always wanted to get to know my real family".
"I know it sounds a bit corny but I just want a real family, just to know my real mum and my real dad and for them just to say 'we love you no matter what'."
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Alan Turner, 23, has told of being abused as a child and abandoned by both of his parents by the time he was four.
The call centre worker from Barnsley told The Mirror that his father, Alan senior, walked out on his mother when he was 18 months old after finding her in bed with another women.
When he was four, Turner’s mother gave him to the foster parent who raised her. He now suspects her decision may have been a reaction to finding he had been sexually abused.
"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.”
Turner was accused of lying by his father after he appeared on last Saturday’s episode of the ITV show telling how he had been fostered and wanted to get to know his biological family.
He told the judges: “I'm hopefully going to win the X Factor to prove to my real family that I'm not a waste of space and to prove [myself] to my foster parent and make her proud of me."
He said that he was put into foster care at the age of four and that he had "always wanted to get to know my real family".
"I know it sounds a bit corny but I just want a real family, just to know my real mum and my real dad and for them just to say 'we love you no matter what'."
continue...
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