Posted January 15, 201015 yr N-Dubz star Dappy has apologised to a woman for sending her threatening text messages, after she contacted BBC Radio 1 expressing her dislike for the band. Chloe Moody texted The Chris Moyles Show while the band were being interviewed, calling them "losers" and labelling Dappy "repulsive". But she was shocked to receive a message the following day from rapper Dappy saying: "Your [sic]gonna die". The BBC said Dappy took down Ms Moody's number without producers' knowledge. Ms Moody, from Boston, Lincolnshire, texted the Radio 1 show while in the car with her mother. She said she was "shocked" to receive the text messages and phone calls from the rapper the following day. "I missed two calls from a number I didn't recognise, so I texted back asking who it was, and I got a text saying 'your gonna die'." The message went on to say: "U sent a very bad msg towards Ndubz on The Chris Moyels [sic] Show yesterday Morning and for that reason u will never be left alone!!! If u say sorry I will leave you alone." Ms Moody added: "I was wracking my brains trying to work out who it was, as I didn't tell anyone I had texted the radio show. "I didn't think it would be him because I seriously didn't think he'd be bothered." When Ms Moody did eventually answer his call she said she faced further insults. "He was just ranting, saying 'why are you saying this about me?'. If I had had a number one single and got a message from a nobody to a radio station I would not be too concerned. It obviously hit a nerve." 'Genuinely sorry' Despite making an apology through his management, who also offered her free N-Dubz concert tickets, Ms Moody said Dappy was yet to text her personally to say sorry. Mobo-winners N-Dubz - Dappy and his bandmates Tulisa and Fazer - hit the top 10 with their second album, Against All Odds, last month. They also featured on Tinchy Stryder's chart-topping dance track Number 1 last year. In a statement, Dappy - real name Dino Contostavlos - said: "I called her in the heat of the moment when I was angry, but that is no excuse for my behaviour. "I'm genuinely sorry. I'd also like to send my sincerest apologies to Radio 1." A BBC spokeswoman said: "He must have taken the number down from the production team's text console in the studio. "We were unaware of this, but will take steps to ensure it doesn't happen again." Government campaign Last November, Dappy joined Schools Secretary Ed Balls to launch a Government campaign against "cyber-bullying" over mobile phones and the internet. At the time, Mr Balls welcomed the release of an N-Dubz track called "RU Cyber Safe" as part of anti-bullying week and hailed the group as "great ambassadors" in the fight against bullies. On Thursday, shadow schools minister Nick Gibb called on Mr Balls to distance himself from the band, calling Dappy's behaviour "completely unacceptable". Mr Balls responded: "This text message was completely unacceptable and it is right that he has not only apologised, but accepted there was no excuse for his behaviour. "I know that many artists work with Beatbullying because they genuinely want to use their influence with young people to campaign against bullying. "But that starts with ensuring their own behaviour sets the right example." And he isn't being investigated by police for this WHY...?
January 15, 201015 yr He should be arrested just like anyone else would be. Threats To Kill is a serious offence. Edited January 15, 201015 yr by Victor Meldrew
January 15, 201015 yr And he isn't being investigated by police for this WHY...? For the police to get involved the woman has to make a complaint to police, she hasn't
January 15, 201015 yr For the police to get involved the woman has to make a complaint to police, she hasn't Exactly. No doubt it was be spun by Rupert Murdoch Inc in the media that it is all the BBC's fault and not that ignorant moron of a member of N'Dubz for doing that obscene text. To think that only a few weeks ago N'Dubz were fronting an Anti-Bullying Stay Safe in Cyberspace campaign. <_<
January 15, 201015 yr Author For the police to get involved the woman has to make a complaint to police, she hasn't I guess. I'm just stunned there isn't a bigger fuss about this. Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand make a prank phone-call and it dominates the news for weeks, yet another celebrity actually sends death threats and it's barely on the news agenda.
January 15, 201015 yr I guess. I'm just stunned there isn't a bigger fuss about this. Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand make a prank phone-call and it dominates the news for weeks, yet another celebrity actually sends death threats and it's barely on the news agenda. The Ross/Brand thing was pathetic There was the grand total of ONE complaint after the Ross/Brand show then the Daily Mail stuck their beak in and suddenly 45,000 complained who likely never heard the show
January 16, 201015 yr this moron..... I mean, does ANYONE in the world actually admit to liking this band? They make even Black Eyed Peas look like Pink Floyd - brain dead muzak for brain dead people...and yes, this jerk should absolutely be investigated by the police for this...and banned from the BBC forever, too.
January 16, 201015 yr Well, looks like he's been deservedly dropped from an anti bullying campaign he was a part of: Beatbullying has announced that it has no further plans to work with N-Dubz following the reports that band member Dappy sent a death threat to a Radio 1 listener. Yesterday it emerged that Dappy, whose real name is Dino Contostavlos, sent threatening text messages and phone calls to the fan after she criticised the band. The Sun reports that government-backed charity Beatbullying has now decided to drop the group from its campaign. "N-Dubz became Beatbullying ambassadors because they are a band young people listen to," a spokesperson said. "However, sending any threatening messages, of any kind, is completely unacceptable. We have no further plans to work with the band." Schools secretary Ed Balls, who met the group at the launch of an anti-bullying song, also condemned the messages. "This text message was totally unexcusable," he said. "There is no excuse."
January 17, 201015 yr I guess. I'm just stunned there isn't a bigger fuss about this. Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand make a prank phone-call and it dominates the news for weeks, yet another celebrity actually sends death threats and it's barely on the news agenda. I think the difference was that the Ross/Brand thing was actually broadcast, and so was seemingly endorsed by the BBC. Although Dappy got the number from the BBC, what he did he did on his own.
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