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Sinitta has criticised Cheryl Cole for her treatment of X Factor hopeful Danyl Johnson.
Cole has spoken out against Johnson's performances in the live stages of the competition, last week telling him: "You just don't do it for me." However on last night's show she praised his changed "demeanour".
However, Sinitta has now warned "Little Miss Cheryl Tweedy-Pie" to be nicer to Johnson.
"It's outrageous for Cheryl to target him personally," she told the News of the World. "It's out of order and just mean. There is nothing to justify those comments that he's not likeable, that he's not a nice person, that he's a horrible guy.
"Not everyone can turn you on and be your favourite - but to show your personal distaste just because you don't like the person they are is quite hideous. It's not fair."
Sinitta also compared Johnson to Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle, who spent time in The Priory after the show ended.
"What people saw as arrogance was actually Danyl putting on a massively brave face," she said. "People couldn't handle the fact that he was going to tough it out and get through it no matter what.
"But it was all too tough for him in the end. He was overwhelmed and nearly exploded. He's had all the Susan Boyle-type hype and people were going crazy about him. Then he's had to put up with being vilified and told he's more hated than Hitler. That's very difficult to take for a young man who has been celebrated then turned against."
Sinitta added that Johnson's mentor Simon Cowell is spending more time with him now to show him that he doesn't have to cope with the media attention on his own.
"It might feel good for a minute thinking, 'Yeah, let's get rid of Danyl, who does he think he is?'" she said. "But at the end of the day you need to sit back and think what you're doing is actually destroying someone. You can't feel good about that.
"All this is is a kid with a dream doing his damndest to win a competition and we're all beating up on him."
