James Blunt apparently abandoned his lady loving ways just long enough to show some graphic war footage during a recent concert. Blunt is best known for bland over-played music and romancing thousands of women the world over. But before he was a singer, he worked as an armed guard for NATO, serving as a peacekeeper in Kosovo. Somehow it’s hard to look at his face and imagine that. I’d have an easier time believing he used to professionally make ribbons for girls’ hair or something. But I digress. James took a lot of video of the destruction in Kosovo, and chose to show some of it during his concert in New York City last night.

British crooner James Blunt kept his ladies’-man persona intact Friday night at the Beacon Theatre - until he launched into his poignant ballad “No Bravery,” and the collective swooning turned to gasps.

As Blunt revealed that he wrote the tune while serving as an armed NATO peacekeeper in Kosovo, the captivated audience watched a massive video screen display images of bombed homes, dead bodies and graves interspersed with smiling children flashing peace signs.

“The film was my footage, taken from our vehicles while we patrolled,” the singer later told us at an after-party. “I recently had a chance to go back and play for the Serbs, and they were all in on my message. It’s great because music is the strongest form of communication, and it was nice to connect with them.”

[From the Huffington Post]

Well that’s… surprising. Given Blunt’s reputation, it never occurred to me that he might actually be cool enough to want to make an impact. So kudos to him for that. I’m guessing his audience was pretty surprised. I mean rarely do I think of James Blunt and then think politics, or current events, or war. But hey, more the reason to say something. I can’t think of any other entertainers who’ve done something as unusual as being an armed peacekeeper. Between that and dating Petra Nemcova, he’s had a pretty full life.

Here’s James Blunt at the Brit Awards on February 20th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

James Blunt has the reputation for being quite the ladies’ man. Which I find totally offensive to every one of my sensibilities. But apparently the guy gets around, and doles out a lot of loving while he’s at it. According to the Herald Sun, Blunt is quite popular at a Swiss ski resort he frequents – so much so that women have started wearing t-shirts with “James Blunt took my virginity” proudly stitched across the fronts. I had hoped these ladies just had sick senses of humor, but it appears there’s some truth behind the shirts. JAMES Blunt seems to have conquered more than the music charts — the singer has allegedly deflowered an entire Swiss ski resort.

The You’re Beautiful singer, famed for his womanizing ways, has apparently taken the virginity of hundreds of chalet girls at his favorite resort in Switzerland. His conquests proudly wear T-shirts bearing the slogan “James Blunt took my virginity”.

“He does very well for himself when he comes here,” a resort regular said. “Last season, I saw loads of the chalet girls working out there wearing T-shirts emblazoned with ‘James Blunt took my virginity’. “I can’t believe he’s had all of them but, going on his previous form, I suppose you can never rule anything out.”

Blunt, who has dated Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova and has been romantically linked to Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, has admitted he is proud of his ladies man reputation. “I’d like to think any woman I have known has enjoyed being with me,” he said.

[From the Herald Sun]

What the crap? James Blunt, have you looked at yourself? Your face looks like God created it on an off day. Or maybe He was mad at your parents. But someone who’s 100% human is not supposed to look like that. Then to further mess with us, he gave you the unfortunate combination of a high pitched falsetto and an undeserved sense of confidence. It leaves the majority of the rest of us looking/listening to you and thinking “What the crap? Where is the justice in the world?” And then, on top of all those terrible things, you release terrible, trite songs that are good for about 2 plays but somehow get 2 million before radio stations ban you. And then you get a lot of tail. At first I was going to end this by saying, “If anything leads me to believe that there is no God, it is your success in life.” But that’s not really fair. There is a God, and he has the darkest, most perverse sense of humor imaginable. Either that or he needs to get his vision checked. And his hearing. And his “Who gets laid” meter. Because I’m pretty sure there is a God, and I’m pretty sure he has one of those. But it’s clearly on the fritz.

Picture note by Celebitchy: James Blunt is shown at the premiere of P.S., I Love You on 12/9/07, not that it matters if there are new photos of the guy because he pretty much looks the same all the time. I too share a strong disdain for the guy. Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.

Annoying repetitive singer James Blunt, who didn’t even write his bland popular songs, is quoted recently as saying that he uses his status as a pop star to get as much ‘tang as possible, and considers it his obligation. He also said he’s used the “You’re Beautiful” song that tormented us all for months several times to get laid, telling various women from his past that it was about them. He says he doesn’t really care that it wasn’t true that the song wasn’t about them and doesn’t feel bad for it:

In a recent interview, James Blunt had this to say about sleeping with as many women as possible now that he’s a “pop star.”

“I’ve always thought it was my responsibility to do that. I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can’t see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?

“I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don’t mislead anyone. I’ve had the time of my life and thank God for that, it would be such a waste otherwise.”

In the same interview Blunt said that he has told at least five or ten women that he has known previously and wanted to sleep with that he had written the song with them in mind. He went on to say that the line worked more often than not and that he has no guilt about lying to any of them about it.

[From Crazy Days and Nights]

And if that wasn’t enough to makes you hate the guy, he recently decided to cut back on meal costs for his crew on tour, saying he didn’t owe them decent food and that they must make do with fast food:

Just before James Blunt set out to promote his debut album, he cast an eye over the accounts for the upcoming tour.

An item on the expenses caught his haughty eye and he demanded to know what this outrageously small sum of money had been put aside for. His manager explained that, as normal, this was to pay for meals for the crew and the band, the very people who were given the impossible task of making the singer’s performances almost bearable night after night.

Blunt was not happy, even though every other artist in the world muddles along quite merrily with this arrangement.

“If I hire a plumber,” Blunt argued, sounding all the while like Boris Johnson on helium, “I don’t expect to have to provide him with a three-course meal for simply doing his job.” And so, the most punchable man since time began ensured himself a tour diet of spunk burgers, piss pops and the rest.

[From The HolyMoly e-mail newsletter]

If you are a boss and screw your workers in cheap petty ways like this, they will screw you over ten times worse and cost you much more money in the long run. This is typical of stupid, bad managers and there are so many examples of situations where it goes wrong.

For instance, a friend of mine had a manager tell him he didn’t want to pay for $10 a day high speed Internet access in his hotel room while he was away on business, even though his job required downloading large movie and sound files. So instead of expensing cheap meals to the company, he went out to the best places he could find for lunch and dinner and ended up costing them at least $70 more a day.

By being cheap with his workers, Blunt’s crew were probably slower and deliberately slacked on the job, resulting in a much higher cost of lost productivity. But James Blunt just decided they didn’t need decent food, so he doesn’t need efficient help, either.

Blunt is shown yesterday at the VH1 Save the Music gala. Thanks to PRPhotos.

James Blunt is being accused of not giving credit to Lukas Burton for co-writing six of the songs on his debut album. Blunt’s royalty payments were suspended last year – maybe that’s why he had to sell his sister on eBay?

Burton has posted this on his blog:

I was introduced to James late in 2001 by a friend of mine, Dixie Chassay, who was his girlfriend at the time. She told me he was a singer and I should check him out. We met and he sang a couple of bits for me with his guitar and we hung out. His stuff was crude, occasionally laughably direct, and betrayed his relative lack of musicianship or discernible influence - it sounds unlikely but I think he genuinely hadn’t even heard of some people like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell let alone taken any of their music on board (a fact about which he was at least open and affable).

The six songs in question are Goodbye My Lover, No Bravery, Cry, I Don’t Believe, I Really Want You and Don’t Lose Yourself.

What is truly shocking about this story is not that James Blunt didn’t give credit, but that he is the highest selling album of the new millenium. 14 million albums sold!? Must be a lot of heartbroken, sad people out there, who were not sure what to buy their gran for Christmas.

Blunt received another honour this week – most irritating song of all time. James wasn’t offended by topping the poll, saying “It’s a huge honour to be recognised in this way. I am not going to take offence at the result of the poll - unless of course I came second. That would be desperately offensive.”

The top ten is as follows…

1. You’re Beautiful — James Blunt
2. Axel F — Crazy Frog
3. Mmm Bop — Hanson
4. Mr Blobby — Mr Blobby
5. Birdie Song — The Tweets
6. Shout — Lulu
7. Agadoo — Black Lace
8. Grace Kelly — Mika
9. My Heart Will Go On — Celine Dion
10. La Macarena — Los Del Rio

Note by Celebitchy: Both JayBird and Helen covered this story in their unique way. Here’s JayBird’s take, to be followed by Helen’s

James Blunt tells GQ that he once sold his sister on eBay. And not in that funny, joking way, he really did sell her. Apparently he’s not quite as big a jerk as this makes him sound.

“I was waiting for my first album to come out and ended up selling pretty much everything I owned on eBay. I had a mild addiction.

“Anyway, I came back to the flat where my sister was staying and she was crying because she couldn’t get to a funeral in Ireland.

“The planes were on strike, the ferry was out of season and there were no trains. I ended up whacking it on eBay, ‘Damsel in distress seeks knight in shining armour! Desperate to get to a funeral in Southern Ireland, please help!’”

[From London Net]

While this makes him sound a little off kilter (who in the world wants to go to a funeral with someone you’ve never met? That your brother found on eBay? And paid for you?) it’s sweet in a weird way. Turns out the guy who won James Blunt’s sister was wealthy enough not just to “buy” her, but also had his own helicopter that choppered them to the funeral. God I hope they didn’t land it next to the church or something. Anyway, it turns out that the pair fell in love, and they’re getting married this summer. So in a way, Blunt’s eBay addiction helped his sister find true love. Or buy true love. Whichever. Who says brothers don’t look out for you?

Helen’s take:

James Blunt may be the ultimate sensitive crooner – but doesn’t seem to quite make it to that level of sensitivity behind the music. He sold his sister to the highest bidder on eBay.

This is really hard to explain, so here’s what he had to say about it.

“The stupidest thing I’ve ever sold is my sister, on eBay.
“I was waiting for my first album to come out and ended up selling pretty much everything I owned on eBay. I had a mild addiction.
“Anyway, I came back to the flat where my sister was staying and she was crying because she couldn’t get to a funeral in Ireland. “The planes were on strike, the ferry was out of season and there were no trains. I ended up whacking it on eBay, ‘Damsel in distress seeks knight in shining armour! Desperate to get to a funeral in Southern Ireland, please help!’
“The bids flooded in and the guy who won had a helicopter. He flew her to the funeral.
“That was three years ago, this summer they’re getting married!”

[From NZ Herald]

This is probably a story I would have kept to myself. Probably for the same reason James kept it to himself until now - he knows it’s not really part of the sexy singer-songwriter mantle to sell your relatives, no matter how good the cause. I wonder what the final bid was? At least she liked the guy, how awkward would it be to be stuck with someone you couldn’t tolerate, in a helicopter, when he had paid for the privilege?

James Blunt’s music doesn’t appeal to me at all, but I’ve always kind of liked him after seeing this on Australian television a year ago.

ANDREW DENTON: That song you just sang, ‘Goodbye My Lover’ was, for you on the album, the most important song. That was the one about the girl who was the one. Have you sung her out of your system?

JAMES BLUNT: I’ve sung it a lot. No, it hasn’t got me the girl back, but I’m sure it will get me laid.

I wonder how many times it got him laid? No, no I don’t. Just keep on being miserable James, it seems to work for you.

Petra Nemcova may have traded in boring British pop singer James Blunt for a man more capable of supporting her charity. She was seen out at The Black Dahlia premiere with British aristocrat worth hundreds of millions in old money:

That’s bad news for Blunt, but not surprising. These two didn’t seem suited for each other, and his sickly-sweet poor me act can only work for so long.

Here is Nemcova posing for swag at Fashion Week. [via]

When I first saw these pictures of Petra Nemcova at the VMAs I thought, “Wow, is she on Prednisone?” Her cheeks are huge and her face looks all swollen, so I assumed she might be on some kind of harsh steroid for a medical condition. I consulted the Wiki (phrase stollen from Bastardly) and did a half-assed Google search, and there’s no mention of any medical condition associated with Nemcova.

Steroids are usually taken for autoimmune conditions, inflammatory diseases, and kidney problems. It’s possible that Nemcova has something like Chron’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis or even asthma, is taking steroids for it and has not publically acknowledged her condition. It’s possible that her face is naturally huge like this or that she’s gained a little weight and it went straight to her face. I’ve included an older candid of Nemcova from about eight weeks ago, and her face was puffy then but not as bad. (It’s hard to tell from that angle, but she looks a bit better there.)

When a thin woman, especially a model, has a puffy face it’s suggestive of bulimia:

Now, when you can diet and exercise to get the same effect, is all that trouble really worth it? Bulimia is a psychological condition, though, and reasoning with someone is not going to get them to stop.

I’m sorry for speculating about Nemcova, she seems like a lovely person, (albeit totally delusional if she’s dating Blunt, which would also explain the bulimia) and it’s not fair to label her with an eating disorder just because her face is all puffed up. It’s pretty suspicious, though, and she’s looking really worn down. Somethings wrong with Nemcova, and if it’s bulimia she needs to get treatment for it.

James Blunt was voted fourth most annoying in a British list. He fell behind telemarketers, camping caravans, and people who cut in line. He was more annoying than everything else according to poller sentiment. Paper cuts, loud neighbors, and farts can’t hold a candle to Blunt’s treacle:

I’d rather drink a glass of sour milk any day than have to endure “You’re Beautiful” again.

Of course Blunt is ten times more annoying for having landed Petra Nemcova. He’s rumored to have a wee willy winky, so Nemcova must just go for the vacant sensitive type.

Here are Blunt and Nemcova in Prague on 7/18 and 7/20. [via]

A British radio station has blanned James Blunt’s trite repetitive music from the air - saying that listeners don’t like it and they need a break.

People hate Blunt enough to demand that a radio station stops playing him, and even the station manager admits that Blunt’s popularity does not reflect popular taste.

James Blunt’s boring Hallmark card music used to suck even worse - he’s being sued by a producer who claims that he reworked six songs on Blunt’s album “Back to Bedlam.” The producer has a good reputation in the industry, having worked with Dido in the past. He says that Blunt lacks musical skill and needed a lot of his assistance on the album but screwed him out of any royalties once he hit it big.

Here’s Blunt with his trademark dumb ass look on the Today Show yesterday morning. He is also shown at the Ivor Novello Awards on 5/29. He looks really high. That must be how he copes with his lack of talent.

We obviously dislike James Blunt and zealously report negative news about him. The latest is that the woman he cheated on his hapless now-ex girlfriend with says he has an itty bitty peter:

Blunt broke up with his girlfriend over the phone after lying to her and saying he didn’t cheat with Tomkinson.

Tomkinson also says Blunt has been trying to contact her, but that she’s not going there again. Maybe Jessica Simpson will get word of this and let go of her foolish crush on the untalented singer.