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Sea Shanty sensation Nathan Evans brands Twitter 'toxic' after he is trolled

Singing star Nathan Evans has been trolled after pictures of him in the shirt of Auld Enemy England emerged days after he sang Flower of Scotland at Hampden.

The Sea Shanty sensation followed in the footsteps of Amy Macdonald and Nina Nesbitt by singing the national anthem as Scotland opened their Euro 2020 campaign against the Czech Republic on Monday.

But social media users shared a picture of the 26-year-old wearing an England top after a video of the performance was posted online.

The Daily Record reports how Nathan then posted to say the platform is 'toxic'.

Replying to the video from the official Scotland National Team account on Twitter, one person shared an unearthed picture of him wearing an England top and asked: "This you?"

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And Nathan replied: "Thats me, look at me man, still gorgeous xox."

And when many jumped on to criticise him, Nathan, who is originally from Airdrie, defended himself.

He said: "I also have a Germany top n a Portugal top if you want my picture in them ones also?"

And he added: "“we” have aye, i’m still scottish, that tshirt in the picture disny change that…"

Later on, Nathan then tweeted: "Twitter is eaaaasily the most toxic social platform, its not even close."

The former postman shot to fame last year after going viral on TikTok and released his UK number one single with 'Wellerman'.

And following his success, Nathan recently revealed that he will be bringing out a book 'The Book of Sea Shanties', due to be published on October 14.

The book will feature more than 35 of the best sea shanties selected by Nathan, 26, accompanied by an explanation of the meaning behind each and how they have shaped and inspired him.

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