James Blunt's heartwarming tribute to Prodigy's Keith Flint

James Blunt's tribute to Keith Flint on Twitter has gone viral. Photo / Getty Images

Of all celebrities and musicians out there, you wouldn't think James Blunt would be posting one of the most touching tributes to Prodigy's frontman Keith Flint that we've read today.

The "You're Beautiful" star posted on Twitter that he only met Flint once but it was a meeting that forever changed how he thought of him.

"At the Q Awards years ago, when Noel Gallagher was saying he was leaving Ibiza because I'd moved there, and Damon Albarn refused to be in the same picture as me, and Paul Weller was saying he'd rather eat his own s**t than work with me, Keith Flint came over, gave me a hug, and said how thrilled he was for my success," Blunt wrote on Twitter.

At the Q Awards years ago, when @NoelGallagher was saying he was leaving Ibiza because I’d moved there, and @DamonAlbarn refused to be in the same picture as me, and @PaulWellerHQ was saying he’d rather eat his own shit than work with me, Keith Flint came over, gave me a hug, and

— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) March 4, 2019

"Keith, I only met you once, but I shed a tear at the news of your death. In our business, there are no prizes for being kind, but if there was, that Grammy would be yours," he added.

said how thrilled he was for my success.

Keith, I only met you once, but I shed a tear at the news of your death. In our business, there are no prizes for being kind, but if there was, that Grammy would be yours.

— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) March 4, 2019

The tweet has been retweeted more than 8000 times and liked nearly 50,000 times in just a few hours, with hundreds of people responding with how much they appreciated knowing that story of kindness.

"It's nice to be cool. But it's cooler to be nice," someone replied.

"Goes to show you can have all the success in the world just as Keith did but at the end of the day being remembered as a kind human being is an even greater legacy," someone else said.

"My Dad did the licensing at the Brixton Academy back in the day and when The Prodigy played there, he said that Keith was one of the nicest, politest artists he'd ever met. Such desperately sad news today," another person said.

Even people who aren't fans of Blunt's music pointed out how nice his eulogy was.

"As much as I'm an admirer of Noel, Weller's and Damon's music the one thing all 3 of them are guilty of is lacking class and humility. You've always had it in spades James and I say that as someone who isn't necessarily a fan of your songs," a Twitter user replied.

People also pointed out the "first class passive aggression" of actually tagging Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Paul Weller in the tweet pointing out their bad manners.

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