Posted on 01/16/2010 5:19:29 PM PST by traumer
The first pictures emerged today of Susan Boyle's much-hyped appearance on Oprah as fears grew over her increasingly unusual behaviour.
The images of the Britain's Got Talent star singing Who I Was Born to Be on America's most iconic chat show will hearten her legions of fans on both sides of Atlantic.
But many will be concerned at growing evidence that she may once again be showing signs of not being able to cope with the pressures of stardom.
And with two more examples of her erratic behaviour in just 24 hours, Susan Boyle has done nothing to ease their fears.
The singer launched into a foulmouthed rant at a cafe in her home town after complaining that her personal assistant had told her she needed to go on a diet.
The following day, Miss Boyle, who has learning difficulties, had a tantrum in the British Airways VIP lounge at Heathrow.
She was seen dancing and singing with a mop in front of fellow first class passengers. She also shouted obscenities and tried to polish a passenger's shoes with the mop.
The incidents are another sign that Miss Boyle, 48, could be becoming overwhelmed by the demands on her after her success on ITV's Britain's Got Talent.
A source close to Miss Boyle said she felt she was being pulled in different directions by her managers - Andy Stephens who used to work with George Michael, U2's former accountant Ossie Kilkenny and one of her nieces, Kirsty.
The source added: 'No wonder Susan may be a bit frazzled - it's all a bit too much to take in.'
The first of the latest incidents came on Monday at The Mill Cafe, near the council house in West Lothian, where Miss Boyle has lived since she was a baby.
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It sounds like she is suffering from biolar disorder...
Keep her at home and in the studio.
Don’t torment the poor woman.
She’s a singer and not a trained seal.
It sounds like she’d be right at home in Hollywood.
She should take comportment lessons from Elton John.
Excellent post. Even the Beatles got sick of the silliness of performing live and after a 1966 concert in San Fransicko, retreated to the studio and never performed live as the Beatles again (not counting their impromptu rooftop gig).
I agree with your post #4.
Being a fine musician, as you already know, is not at ALL the same as being a good live performer.
Some of the finest musical artists of all time couldn’t handle live performance. Maybe they could “perform” OK for an hour or two but their lives fell apart with fear and drugs and whatever else destroys human lives.
Let Susan’s art shine throughon CD. I hope (sorta predict) she will have a Christmas album next.
Susan does not need Oprah and Oprah doesn’t need her. Let her deal with whatever limitations she has at home so she doesn’t have her entire life destroyed by the hyenas in the public star-making machinery....
What’s so strange about dancing with and singing to a mop? I see that every night on TV. The mop sings back, too.
Amen!!!
I hope no one teaches her to throw in a ‘George Bush’ here and there during her profanity laced outbursts. That way, the Left would love her forever, no matter what, and excuse her every transgression. (Just steer her clear of country music because even lefty politics wasn’t able to save the Dixie Chicks!)
Actually it sounds like she’s got this celebrity thing down pat!
She stayed at home all the time, had very little to no social life, never married, no BF....Now we know why she acts the way she does....or the way she acts is the reason why she stayed at home.
Or unipolar depression. Fish oil does wonders for a person’s frustration tolorance.
The entertainment media loves only one thing more than building up celebrities - tearing them down.
Fred Astaire danced with a Dirt Devil.
“I understand that you just want to sing, Susan, but I’m your agent and I’m telling you it won’t be enough. You have to say and do outrageous things in public. You have to keep your name in the news. You have to give the paparazzi good reason to pursue you. Or in a few months SuBo will be back in the council house for good, forgotten by the world.”
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