Paloma Faith has broken her silence on that infamous ‘Christmas Holidays’ tweet 15 years later after it ironically resurfaced – with fans begging her to ‘get it on a T-shirt’.
Back in 2009 the English singer, now 43, took to X – which was called Twitter at the time – iconically writing: ‘Please note: If I am on Xmas holidays please do not ask me for a photo with you. My holidays end Jan 5th.’
But despite time passing, the bold statement has never gone out of style – with fans referencing the funny statement during Christmas time and branding it an ‘iconic out-of-office message’.
Earlier last week, a few days away from Christmas Eve, the Lullaby hitmaker shared a hilarious video message where she finally spilled the beans on the origins of the now-deleted tweet.
‘This was a tweet that I wrote somewhere in 2009 or 2010 after my first album was released,’ she began.
‘I’d literally spent 14 years working in retail, and then I wrote that tweet because I went on holiday and realised that I couldn’t have a holiday because the whole time everyone was asking me for pictures and I didn’t have a rest.’
Paloma Faith, 43, has opened up about that infamous ‘Christmas Holidays’ tweet 15 years later after it ironically resurfaced – with fans begging her to ‘get it on a T-shirt’
The English singer took to X – which was called Twitter at the time – iconically writing: ‘Please note: If I am on Xmas holidays please do not ask me for a photo with you. My holidays end Jan 5th’
‘So, I [wrote] that tweet – which I thought was funny at the time. In fact, I’d had one margarita, which is all it takes for me to get drunk.
‘I drank that margarita, I laughed hysterically about the tweet, I went to sleep and I woke up to find 15,000 people calling me a c***.’
Paloma continued: ‘Some time has passed since writing that tweet, and I can see it again today, and realise that I empathise with my position.’
‘So, to all the gays that bring this tweet up to me every Christmas as an iconic moment in my career, kiss my f*****g holiday a**e,’ Paloma concluded, before blowing a kiss to the camera and declaring: ‘I love you!’
She finished off captioning the video: ‘I am about to go on my xmas holidays – if you know you know !! #christmas #twitter #christmas2024.’
Fans were sent into overdrive and raved in the comment section, branding the singer a real ‘legend’ as they wrote:
‘Ur out of office is now on they can off! Enjoy ur holidays and family’;
‘Can this be merch? I need it on a t-shirt’; ‘Iconic out of office status’;
Earlier last week, a few days away from Christmas’ Eve, the Lullaby hitmaker shared a hilarious video message where finally spilled the beans on the origins of the now-deleted tweet
Fans were sent into overdrive and raved in the comment section, branding the singer a real ‘legend’
‘I think this was when people would recognise you x’;
‘Legend, say it how it is’; ‘Well said, retweet it’; ‘Love you too’; ‘Love this Paloma ❤️’;
‘Big respect famous people are human beings with feelings too have an awesome Christmas’;
In November, Paloma revealed what caused the breakdown of her marriage to husband Leyman Lahcine.
The singer tied the knot with the French artist, 37, in 2017 and they welcomed two daughters together, before they split in 2022 after nine years together.
In an interview with Davina McCall on her Begin Again podcast, Paloma discussed their separation, why she has deleted all her dating apps and the struggles of being a single mother.
Paloma said problems in the relationship began when they were trying to conceive as doctors discovered an issue with Leyman’s fertility.
The songstress said she felt ‘resentment’ build up as they began the process of IVF, when she knew she could conceive naturally.
The singer tied the knot with the French artist, 37, in 2017 and they welcomed two daughters together, before they split in 2022 after nine years together (pictured in 2018)
Paloma had to take hormone medications that help stimulate the ovaries and prepare the uterine lining for the procedure.
She said: ‘When we first started trying, I had previously become pregnant quite easily and so I was concerned. It does irritate me that science, because it is mainly dominated by men, is that if it is a male fertility problem, which it was in our case, it is still the woman that has to endure the brunt of the stuff.
‘There has been no breakthrough. He was devastated the whole time and said: “If there’s something I can take, or I can do injections. Why does it have to fall on you?”
‘But it did, and it does. He was empathetic but I think that put a strain on our relationship in itself because his view was ‘you’re so hardworking, breadwinner and all I had to do was this and I can’t do it’.’
