Swift fans send death threats to pop star Olly Murs

Taylor Swift, Olly Murs and Harry Styles. Photo / Getty Images

British pop star Olly Murs was sent death threats from Taylor Swift's fans for mocking her love life during a radio interview.

The Troublemaker singer said on an Australian radio show last month that Swift should stop writing tracks about One Direction star Harry Styles.

Murs later apologised for his comments, insisting it was a joke and he did not mean to offend the Shake It Off hitmaker, but her fans, named 'Swifties', still hurled abuse at him via social media.

Murs tells UK newspaper the Daily Star Sunday, "I got hounded by the Swifties. The Murs Army held strong but I got lashed out of it... I got death threats and everything. People were telling me to take a running jump off cliffs... It was a joke and the next minute I'm being abused from all corners of the world."

Murs also wrote Swift a letter of apology for his remarks but he has not received a reply.

Meanwhile, Harry Styles says he is "lucky" Taylor Swift wrote good songs about him.

The 20-year-old singer - who briefly dated the Shake It Off hitmaker two years ago - has admitted he was pleased with the songs she had written about him.

When asked during a Google Hangout about having songs penned about him, he said: "We write from personal experience, and I think everyone does, so it would be hypocritical of us to be like, 'Oh you can't write about us.'

"And they're really good. They're good songs. So I'm really lucky in that sense."

- WENN, Bang! Showbiz