5 reasons James Arthur and Tilikum are basically the same person
You know what? He was right...
- Tilikum the killer whale was taken from the wild at the age of two and spent much of his adult life in a small concrete pool in Seaworld, California. James Arthur was unfortunate enough to win a million pound recording contract from The X Factor UK after months of auditioning in front of TV cameras, Tulisa from N-Dubz and that nice lady who used to be in Pussycat Dolls.
by Michael Baggs | Photos by WENN / Dogwoof
This week, James Arthur made the unlikely comparison between himself, and Tilikum the killer whale - the star of controversial 2013 documentary, Black Fish. But as ridiculous as it seems, he may have had a point...
The troubled X Factor winner spoke out on Twitter on Sunday night (23 March 2014), drawing comparisons between himself and the killer whale, who has been kept in captivity his entire adult life, and killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in a tragic incident at Seaworld, California in 2010.
"I would like the front cover to be a drawing of the killer whale/Orca from sea world who features in the documentary “Blackfish” TILIKUM," he wrote on Twitter. "Ideally I'd like him to be attacking a crowd of people, lashing out after being exploited. Include my name and the title of the mixtape."
Obviously, Tilikum has never recorded a mixtape or appeared on reality TV, but there are five striking similarities between the two - here is why Arthur may not have been too short of the mark with his comments...
