Charlotte Church 'Shocked' At 'Horrifying' Abuse After Nigel Farage Tweet

Even Piers Morgan got involved.

Charlotte Church has said she is "shocked" by "horrifying" abuse she has received after tweeting about Nigel Farage in the wake of his resignation as Ukip leader.

After the Brexit campaigner stepped down saying he "wants his life back", the singer was one of many well-known people who vented their anger.

I want my fucking European Union back you piece of shit!!!!!! https://t.co/XKE65GkvqT

— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016

Church spent the day retweeting some of the messages she received in reply, many of which were later deleted.

@DVATW @charlottechurch nice voice love but zero intellect;go & buy nice pair of shoes & leave politics to those with mental capacity for it

— MBAR (@MBAR1973) July 4, 2016

Wow. https://t.co/ontkR35gU0

— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016

Appears to be wrong time of the month for someone !!!! https://t.co/yketmTpdpC

— Flanker (@Flanker450) July 4, 2016

Welsh bitch..... https://t.co/DdO1xRljZS

— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016

@charlottechurch maybe if you weren't so autistic then you might not get so much hate

— J.R. (@JackTheCreature) July 4, 2016

Church later admitted she may have been in the wrong for using such language in her original tweet but emphasised the level of abuse she had received.

Which then prompted a spat between herself and Piers Morgan...

Says a woman who's spent the last few days calling politicians 'bastards' & 'pieces of shit'.
https://t.co/nLJT67vEah

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 4, 2016

@piersmorgan You should be prosecuted for phone hacking Piers so kindly keep your Pinocchio snout out of my business.

— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016

Church has a reputation for vocal interventions, most recently criticising the “biased” mainstream media for “imbalance” over limited reporting of investigations into Conservative election expense claims while “slating” Jeremy Corbyn.

Farage stepped down as Ukip leader on Monday prompting a flood of criticism of the decision which came in the wake of the EU referendum result he helped engineer.

Speaking at The Emmanuel Centre in London, Farage said victory for the Leave campaign meant “my political ambition has been achieved”.

He added: “I came into this struggle from business because I wanted us to be a self-governing nation, not to become a career politician.

“I want my life back - and it begins right now.”

Farage and Cameron take us over the EU Cliff and resign: An act of supreme heroism - or of blatant cowardice?

— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) July 5, 2016

Nigel Farage goes to get his life, in an imaginary thatched cottage in an quaint imaginary village in the heart of an imaginary UK, back.

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) July 4, 2016

Nigel Farage: 'I want my life back!'... Thought you wanted your country back, you absolute coward

— Billie JD Porter (@billiejdporter) July 4, 2016

Farage resigns, Gove losing badly. All those who led us to Brexit have now gone or going. Who carries the can? we do!

— Paddy Ashdown (@paddyashdown) July 4, 2016

Farage, 52, has had two stints as leader of the Eurosceptic party since 2006, and announced he was quitting the post after failing to win a Commons seat in the 2015 general election, only to change his mind days later.

He confirmed to The Huffington Post UK that he would continue to serve as an MEP.

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