You'll be missed Shaun but I've no sympathy (
), Emily has put herself in the limelight and has therefore put herself up for "criticism".
Although comments like "slut" aren't nice and may be not be true, we shouldn't have to tred on eggshells when talking about Hope just because one of the member's is your friend as everyone has a right to their opinion, even if they are really strong opinions. I suppose they should only be judged on their singing but TXF is no longer just a singing competition as proven with the numerous stories about the contestants and Emily has her fair share.
Plus, I've seen you posts comments ("chav" at J) which may be deemed offensive and not true so you can't have it both ways.
I know what it's like though, I had to read a lot of horrid comments about someone in my family a few months ago but I just got on with it because I didn't really have a leg to stand on as I'm the first to share my opinions on reality tv contestants.
That said, your posts & humour will be missed so make sure you come back.