X Factor star Sam Bailey has found herself at the centre of a Twitter storm after calling for the UK borders to be closed in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.

The winner of the 2013 series faced a huge backlash from other users of the social networking site who labelled the mum-of-three 'ignorant', with one even telling her to 'kill herself'.

On hearing news of the French massacre, she wrote: 'OMG I think it's time to shut our borders! It's only a matter of time before this happens in England. Keep safe people and be vigilant.'

Singer Sam Bailey tweeted 'OMG I think it's time to shut our borders! It's only a matter of time before this happens in England. Keep safe people and be vigilant,' after news of the Paris attack was announced

After hearing the devastating news of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Sam Bailey took to social media to share her thoughts - but soon faced a backlash from other Twitter users, who branded her 'ignorant'

She later deleted the tweet, but hit out at her abusers saying she didn't deserve the threats and was entitled to her opinion

After being bombarded with abuse, she swiftly deleted the tweet and apologised to those who didn't understand 'what she meant' - seeming to stand by the sentiment behind her original statement.

'Tweets deleted due to the amount of abuse I’ve received! I know what I meant and I apologise if people didn’t! I don’t deserve threats though!' she said.

At least 129 people were killed in the French capital on Friday night as marauding gunmen and suicide bombers carried out six separate murderous attacks across bars, restaurants, a concert venue and the national stadium.

The 38-year-old singer from Leicester, who was a prison guard before shooting to fame in the ITV show, later wrote: 'Tonight I’ve been called fat, ugly, b**ch, told to kill myself and worse! Put on Sky News! All because I said what lots are thinking! Prayers for France.

The 38-year-old said she had been called fat, ugly and a b***h for saying 'what lots of people were thinking' following the terrorist atrocities on Friday night

Comedian Jason Manford also came under fire for his Facebook post following the attack, and had his profile temporarily deleted. It was later reinstated and he defended his comments

Actor Rob Lowe was slammed for criticising French president François Hollande's speech following the evil attack on people enjoying a Friday night out in his country's capital

'Stop abusing me for having an opinion! Even if you think it was a s**t one! Say a prayer for France! It could be us next unless something is done!'

Sam, who scored a number one hit with her winner's single Skyscraper, was not the only celebrity to face criticism for posts on social media following the attacks.

Comedian Jason Manford had his Facebook page temporarily disabled after slamming the murderous 'cowards' behind the attacks in an expletive post. He later defended the comments.

Former West Wing actor Rob Lowe also faced a backlash over a tweet criticising French president François Hollande's speech following the horrific terrorist attacks.

One of his comments said: 'This is either the worst translation of an important speech ever, or one of the worst ever given #Hollande'.

Australian model Imogen Anthony also sparked controversy by posing topless in a black balaclava and making a shooting gesture with her hands, as news of the Paris terror attacks emerged

The model deleted the post minutes after a follower pointed out its ill-timing, later replacing it with photographs of herself modelling handbags - and posting her own tribute to the city

Many of his fans took to Twitter, dubbing it as 'the worst tweet of all time'.

His tweets came after he wrote a comment of support, 'Vive La France', or long live France.

Meanwhile, Australian model Imogen Anthony sparked controversy by posing topless in a black balaclava and making a shooting gesture with her hands, as news of the Paris terror attacks emerged.

The 24-year-old shared photographs of herself in the outfit on Instagram, as it was discovered that at least 127 people had been killed by the Islamic extremists.