Susan Boyle has two meltdowns in one day

[Roon]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/britain_got_talent/2451169/Susan-Boyles-two-four-letter-rants-in-one-day-Britains-got-Talent.html

[UTUSN]

1. Really? What happened? I'm not clicking on links right now. n/t

[Roon]

7. Oh, a couple of assholes yanked her chain on purpose

just to see her get upset.

[Captain Hilts]

12. That's exactly what it looks like. She needs to travel with a sib or a posse of some kind.

I once read an article by a guy who was Eleanor Roosevelt's agent in the late '50s. He travelled with her on a couple of occasions. He said you could not leave her alone or she'd be mobbed. Folks would follow her into the bathroom. One autograph meant an hour of signing autographs, etc.

Weird stuff.

[MorningGlow]

2. Poor woman

It's got to be a nightmare to go from relative obscurity to being one of the most recognized people on the entire fucking planet. I doubt most anyone would have fared better in the same circumstances, especially because, as the article said, some people approached her with the intent to "wind her up". Not very nice to do it to her face, is it? :(

[StrongBad]

4. Yeah. I don't think she sought out this level of fame.

[MorningGlow]

10. If you're being sarcastic

then I'd say that I'm sure she had no idea what it entailed, especially how cruel people can be.

If you're being sincere, then I'd agree--she just entered a contest. I don't think she expected to become an international icon, with everybody critiquing her looks and watching her video clips and talking about her singing ability (in nice and not-so-nice ways).

[Captain Hilts]

11. Her vids have nearly 100 million hits on Youtube. nt

[StrongBad]

19. No sarcasm there. We agree.

[MorningGlow]

21. Okey dokey!

Wasn't sure--thanks for the clarification--you know how the intertubes can be! :hi:

[LeftishBrit]

23. Agree - and would also add that the Sun is possibly Britain's nastiest, most unreliable newspaper

against STRONG competition.

It's owned by Murdoch, and even worse than that implies.

[MorningGlow]

29. I suspected as much

I am just enough of an anglophile to know that the British press has some evil, evil members, but I can never keep straight which ones are at the bottom of the barrel. :hi:

[mwooldri]

30. I call the Sun and the Star collectively "The Stun".

Useful for whacking flies. And a laugh and that's about it.

[DS1]

3. In other words, she acted like 99% of the population would in that situation

Screw the press

[redqueen]

20. You give them a lot of credit, calling them "the press".

It's The Sun. Hardly fit to line birdcages.

[DS1]

22. In fairness to me

I've already made it clear that I think it should be legal to hunt papz for sport. Or they can be simply ran over.

In a perfect world anyway.

[redqueen]

27. Oh I'm just talking about the joke that is The Sun...

the paparazzi is a whole other issue.

[LibertyLover]

28. And then only if

you don't like the birds.

[Roon]

5. Sorry, I was wrong

It wasn't twice in one day,it was on seperate days.

[Haole Girl]

6. Just like a pack of Hyenas going after the weakest in the herd...

the more Susan Boyle shows her weaknesses, the more the Paparazzi will smell blood.

It's really too bad it seems to be turning out this way.

I would never want fame... ever.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. She's a treasure and unless someone gets a handle on the paparazzi

she's going to suffer. And, that's just wrong. What a voice. I would buy her CD in a frickin heartbeat.

[Captain Hilts]

9. Sounds like two folks went after her and weren't nice. nt

[MrScorpio]

13. She's Scottish

It's a law that at least every other sentence has to have the word "Fook" in it.

[hyphenate]

24. Hey! I resemble that remark!

I used to listen to my mom's mom swearing in Gaelic so many times, I could only wish to learn them out!

It might be a little different in that my mother's parents are Scottish-Canadian, but after being in Scotland for over a week, there are enormous similarities.

I think Susan is just on the edge right now, with so many things going on. People also need to remember she has a learning disability, and looks at the world a little differently more than others. But hey--it's hard to be smiling all the time. I know, because I try to maintain a smile whenever I'm around people, and when you're tired, and stressed, it gets a lot harder to do. I understand she might not have to be so stressed, though, as Simon has already signed her for an album.

To be perfectly honest, I think she needs to drop out of the competition itself, given the $100,000 prize and be including in the Royal Variety Show, but if she drops out, someone else could have a chance to win BGT. I also wish that they could have 2nd and 3rd place winners, and have a show devoted just to the kids, so that they don't have to face adult competition.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. So they are provoking her deliberately. Typical.

She needs some people for buffers.

[MilesColtrane]

15. SuBo?

Jesus

[targetpractice]

16. I see traits of Asperger's...

I am a big fan, and I hope she wins... But, I'll bet her public persona will need to be managed carefully.

She may simply be short-tempered or socially awkward based on her sheltered upbringing, but I've read about her idiosyncratic outbursts... missing performances due to moodiness, inappropriate joking around, temper tantrums, etc.

[stray cat]

17. She suffered some brain damage when she was born leading to learning difficulties

[MorningGlow]

18. Piers Morgan stands up for SB

This is great. Good for him.

In Defence of Susan Boyle

{snip}

Then imagine, too, having all this go on when you are days away from the final of a competition that can make or break your career and your life.

A competition that everyone expects you to win, a fact that in itself piles on even more pressure.

This is exactly the situation that Susan Boyle now finds herself in.

And my heart absolutely bleeds for the poor woman.

I picked up the papers this morning, and saw a load of headlines ridiculing Susan for a supposed incident where is said to have heard me tell Shaheen Jafagholi he had given the ‘best singing performance of the semi-finals’ and gone mad - flicking V-signs and shouting ‘**** off’, before storming off to her hotel bedroom.

She was said to be angry because I, her ‘favourite judge’, had backed another contestant.

Susan denies this happened, and I wasn’t there, so I don’t know what really went on.

But I’ve seen the photos of her arguing with policemen after a furious altercation with a reporter who later asked her about it, and I’ve read the incredibly bitchy comments exploding all over various websites about her behaviour.

And you know what?

It made me very, very angry.

Susan Boyle is a very kind, generous-hearted, lady who has had a pretty tough life. She was deprived of oxygen during her birth, and that left her with ‘learning difficulties’, causing her to be called ‘Simple Susan’ at school.

She’s only been able to have one brief job in her life, but rather than feel sorry for herself she dedicated all her time to helping her ageing, ailing mother until she died two years ago.

She’s never married, and memorably declared she’d ‘never even been kissed.’

But she’s always, according to people who knew her well, been a fun-loving, popular woman who would do anything to help others, including devoting considerable unpaid time and effort to her local church and community as a volunteer.

I’m not saying she’s a Saint. But I am saying that before all this fuss, Susan was generally considered by everyone who met her to be a genuinely lovely person. Albeit, one with a lively, feisty character, and a wonderfully eccentric sense of humour.

{/snip}

http://www.officialpiersmorgan.com/2009/05/28/in-defence-of-susan-boyle/

[hyphenate]

25. Wow

If the cynical Mr. Morgan is defending her, she has affected him very deeply. Perhaps that was her mission to start with: taking both of the BGT's male judges and making them more sensitive. That, in and of itself, is a bigger talent than her singing!

[MorningGlow]

26. I think you have something there, Hyphenate

In the bigger scheme of things, she's done much more than finally shown what a great singer she is. She's galvanized a country, fascinated the world, proven that you don't have to look like a Barbie doll to have a lovely voice, and made people more sympathetic to those who are "unattractive" and those with learning disabilities. AND she got a kiss out of Piers AND an apology out of Simon for their being rude to her the first time she came onstage. Pretty damn impressive!