X Factor sensation James Arthur has already made headlines with his impressive vocal talents, but he's been a talking point in the past 24 hours for a different reason.

Edgy comedian Frankie Boyle took to his official Twitter page last night (December 2) and aired his opinions about this year's X Factor and targeted Arthur in particular. He wrote:

"Don't tell me that I shouldn't watch X Factor. I DON'T WATCH IT. I know who's on every week & I tweet jokes about them while I read a book."

Singer Arthur took notice of the tweet and publicly responded by writing "@frankieboyle Poor old man making yet more sh*t jokes about Xfactor because he knows that's the only way he can get attention any more #prat", which prompted Boyle to bash him publicly in a series of messages.

Boyle added: "@JamesArthur23 I think if I wanted attention I'd sing covers on a talent show, inked up like a schooldesk in a remedial class. Comedians make jokes about tits singing karaoke songs on talent shows you snaggletoothed grammar holocaust. Deal with it."

"James Arthur looks like someone put a sheep's teeth into a baby's head #Xfactor"

Earlier this morning, Arthur returned to the social networking site and declared an end to the situation: "No more tweets about Boyle I'm not giving him the publicity he clearly desires so don't tweet me about it please. I'm all about positivity.."

Watch Arthur's recent performance of 'The Power of Love' below: