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Conor Maynard doesn't get upset about Twitter trolls - because his friends say worse things to him.
The 'Can't Say No' hitmaker insists he just brushes off nasty comments he receives on social media because he is always the butt of his pals' jokes.
He said: "People ask me when you get hate on Twitter how do you not get upset? And I say, 'Because my friends are worse.'
"Like if there's a bad picture of me on the internet, I've got a group chat with all my friends and one of them will just send it in."
While his pals make unkind comment to him, the 22-year-old pop star insists they keep him grounded.
He told BANG Showbiz: "As long as you keep people around who tell you when your ego gets a bit big you're fine."
And Conor will be joined by his pals when he takes to the stage at Thorpe Park's Island Beats next month, but he insists they don't care" about his gig and are only excited about being at the theme park.
He said: "I think rather than my friends looking forward to me performing, they're looking towards going on the rides. I don't think they really care about me performing."
Conor will be playing at Thorpe Park's Island Beats on 21 August. Island Beats runs from 11 July - 29 August and for more information and to book tickets go to www.thorpepark.com

Olly Murs duetted with 80,000 people.
The 'Wrapped Up' hitmaker took to the stage at Capital FM's Summertime Ball, sponsored by FIJI Water, yesterday (06.06.15) to play some of his biggest tracks but without collaborator Demi Lovato there to perform 'Up' alongside him, he needed a little help from the audience.
He told the crowd: "So listen, this next song I'm going to sing to you guys ... Capital were trying to get me to duet with someone.
"And I said to them, 'I don't need a duet on stage tonight because I've got 80,000 people in Wembley Stadium that could do this next song with me.' So you guys ready to sing this next song with me Wembley? This one is 'Up'."
The crowd were kept entertained throughout the day from huge names including Jason Derulo, Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson.
One Direction - in one of their first UK shows as a four-piece following Zayn Malik's shock departure from the group - kicked off the Ball with a number of their biggest hits as well as a performance of a track, 'Girl Almighty', off their most recent album.
Closing the show, Avicii gave the fans packed into Wembley Stadium a night to remember as he played his number one hit 'Wake Me Up' as confetti rained down over the entire stadium.
Other notable performers included Carly Rae Jepsen, Little Mix, Fifth Harmony and 'So Sick' hitmaker Ne-Yo. Rixton, Meghan Trainor and Jess Glynne were also on hand to perform some of their biggest hits.

Florence Welch wears a cape for "protection" on stage.
The Florence + the Machine star knows her outlandish outfits "dictated" the tone of her gigs and she deliberately chose her concert attire because she was nervous of how successful she had become.
She explained: "We did some gigs in-between 'Ceremonials' era and this album and we had these gowns.
"As I was putting them on, it just felt so... it wasn't right.
"I felt I had to fill the sound of 'Ceremonials' because it was so big. If you're wearing a gown and a cape, it dictates the presence... and actually that was a protection, a way of dealing with how big everything had got. And that was fun, but it's hard to keep up."
The 'Shake It Off' singer struggled when her last tour ended as she no longer felt sure of her identity or tastes.
She explained to NME magazine: "When you come off tour, it's hard to know what you like.
"You're this big but then that's not here, in this house. I was trying to figure it out, like, 'Do I like partying? I'll just do that loads. Do I wanna have a relationship? That's not working either. What is it? What am I looking for?
"I had to contend with my own feelings for the first time. I couldn't just be swept away and do a gig. Gigs have this magic thing of absolving.
"As long as you did a good gig, no matter what's happened, no matter what's going on in your personal life, it's such an exorcism for me that it just resets everything."

Shaun Ryder found recording in Panama "life changing".
The 52-year-old singer was joined by his Happy Mondays bandmates to live with the Embera Drua tribe to record a single for new show 'Singing in the Rainforest' and will never forget the experience.
He said: "It was life changing.
"The more I thought about the offer, the more I thought, 'Why don't we bring the rest of the Happy Mondays along too?' "
The 'Step On' hitmaker - who previously won jungle reality show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' - spent a lot of time in Panama close to nature but insists he never felt in danger.
He said: "All of us went to Panama to live and hunt with this indigenous tribe of musicians.
"We were hunting all kinds of birds, animals, giant rats... But the closest shave I had was with sunburn."
And Shaun can't wait for fans to hear the finished track.
He told NME magazine: "They had all sorts of drummers and percussionists and when the show comes out you'll be able to download the track that we made with them.
"It's the first piece of music the original Happy Mondays line-up have written since 1992."

Ella Henderson thinks touring with Take That is "surreal".
The 'Ghost' singer - who shot to fame when she competed on UK TV talent show 'The X Factor' in 2012 - is having a "priceless" experience on the road with the veteran pop stars and gets along very well with them.
She said: "They invited me on tour, which is surreal. I knew Gary [Barlow] from 'The X Factor' and Mark Owen and I did some writing together.
"They're northern, I'm northern and we get along. The experience is priceless."
As well as hanging out with Take That, Ella can also count on the likes of her record label boss Simon Cowell and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder - who co-wrote her hit single 'Ghost' - for advice.
She told LOOK magazine: "Ryan told me to enjoy every second of it because coming into this industry, you can forget to enjoy it.
"He always asks me if I'm happy whenever I see him...
"Simon texts me, he's always involved when there are serious decisions or I need advice or something."
Meanwhile, the 'Mirror Man' singer is shocked her "big brother" Dermot O'Leary is leaving his job as host of 'The X Factor'.
She said: "I was with Dermot the other day as I was performing on Radio 2.
"He was like a big brother to me when I was on the show, so I can't believe he's leaving."

McBusted had the "coolest time" touring with One Direction.
The six member supergroup - featuring Matt Willis, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Tom Fletcher, James Bourne and Danny Jones - recently toured Europe and Australia with the chart-topping boyband and said the experience was great, despite the fact "no one knows who" they are outside of the UK.
Matt said: "We had such a good time in Australia with them. We did Europe with them and then we did Australia with them for a month and it was just the coolest f**king time. Their show and their stage is awesome, and their crowd seemed to enjoy what we did which was great for us
because in a lot of these countries no one knows who we are. No one knows who Busted is, no one knows who McFly is. So they just think we're some British band with a ridiculous name who are 10 years older than One Direction."
The band - who have been photographed by David Titlow and styled by Kristine Kilty for the new issue of Fault magazine - released their self-titled debut record last year, but Matt confessed he thought his days as a pop star were behind him before they formed the group.
Speaking in the magazine about life before the supergroup, he said: "Me and James talked about going on tour again but we didn't really see any avenues to do it. It just didn't seem possible because Charlie (Simpson) wasn't interested. I felt like we were stepping back already because we were already starting with less of a band than we were. I think if you're coming back, you've gotta come back with something strong and something positive. Then this came along and I thought, 'Well this will be fun!' and it just seemed like an obvious thing to do, to go on tour with our mates and play some songs."
McBusted's 'Most Excellent Adventure Tour - Live At The O2' will be available on Blu-ray and DVD from 22 June.

Keith Richards is "ready" to record a new Rolling Stones album.
The 71-year-old rocker has hinted the band could be set to head into the studio to create a full length LP, which would be their first since 2005's 'A Bigger Bang'.
When asked about the possibility of a record, he said: "Funny you should mention [recording]. Just last week, the word 'studio' popped up while we were rehearsing. I said, 'Well, let's find a time. I'm ready'."
The band - also featuring Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts - are currently touring North America, and despite having spent more than 50 years together, Ronnie said they have "never been closer".
He stated: "I think it's the best vibe ever within the band."
Keith continued to explain he believes the death of Mick's long-term girlfriend, designer L'Wren Scott, has made the band "more important" to the 71-year-old lead singer.
He explained to Rolling Stone magazine: "Mick went through that terrible thing [Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott died last year], and the band has become even more important to him because of that."
The rocker's sentiments expressing his desire to record new music with his bandmates come just two months after Mick said "it would be very nice" to release a new LP.
He said: "I've done really good demos for all of them, which I would love to record. So, let's hope so."

Van Morrison finds listening to music to be "a spiritual experience".
The 69-year-old icon's passion for music came from listening to jazz and blues records shipped over from America when he was a youngster, and said he "absorbed" the tunes because of the strong "energy" they emitted.
He said: "It was some sort of a spiritual experience. I just absorbed it. I reacted later, but I was absorbing it when I was first hearing it ... there was some sort of energy."
During his musical awakening, the 'Brown Eyed Girl' singer said he was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Lead Belly and gospel music, which was introduced to him by his father and ultimately shaped his career.
He explained to The Guardian newspaper: "He had Lead Belly records when I was very young ... He had been in the States before that, and he turned me on to the music with his record collection.
"He used to take me to this record shop every Saturday when I was a kid. Atlantic Records, on the High Street in Belfast. Solly Lipsitz was the guy who ran it. His sister lived in New York and he was importing records from there.
"To me this was normal, being around people who were listening to jazz and blues. I didn't know until later on that that was fairly unique. Apparently. There wasn't any name for these type of people."

Leona Lewis' new album was born out of "a place of frustration".
The 'Fire Under My Feet' singer will release her fifth studio album in September and revealed fans can expect to hear her being "very real" on the collection, which she has openly said was inspired by her previous recording contract with Simon Cowell's label, Syco.
She said: "I think the song with the most revealing lyrics on the album is 'Thunder'. The story behind 'Thunder' definitely has references to my experience with Syco and Simon, and the whole situation I was involved in before. Every lyric is so honest. It's literally very raw, very real. Some of the lyrics did come from a place of frustration because I didn't really know what I was doing for such a long time."
The 30-year-old musician continued to say she is thrilled with the as-yet untitled LP because it has allowed her to express who she is.
She told Digital Spy: "The album is all about empowerment, self-empowerment, building yourself up and not letting people say what you can and can't do.
"With this album I feel like I have total, total ownership.
"I fought very hard for my previous songs on my other albums, and fought very hard for that music, and I'm so proud of it. And this time it's been literally me on my own. I feel like people really get a very real version of me."