Jay James
Jay James has said he knew it was his "time to go" before being voted out of The X Factor over the weekend.
The former Royal Navy member admits he wasn't shocked when he got the boot, following an emotional sing-off against Stevi Ritchie, and says he's happy with the "incredible experience".
Speaking to BANG Showbiz he explained: "I kind of had an instinct it was coming ... I genuinely feel really, really positive about the whole thing. In a nutshell, I was gutted to go but at the same time I've had an incredible time and an incredible experience."
The singer also claimed that he was beginning to struggle with the pressure of being in the limelight, but insisted he was more than supportive of his fellow contestants.
Addressing recent reports that branded him a bully, Jay said: "I'm a massive people person so to hear that complete bulls**t did affect me a little bit because I was like, 'Hang on, that's completely not what I'm about'.
"I've seen others go through that during my time in the house and I took on a bit of a father role at the house, weirdly, so I saw people go through that and I was the first to shout, 'Don't worry about it, it doesn't mean anything'."
But James did admit the rumours added to his feeling that his time on the show was coming to an end.
"It almost confirmed to me that it might be my time to go now because I'm not down for that sort of stuff, I'm not that type of a person. So yeah, weirdly, it was another little sign to me that I should take the positives and go and do some good things."
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