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"What in hell is wrong with these people? Is this a calculated move to get away from a goody-goody image?"

- This isn't the first I've heard of her brat like behavior. Apparently, she was "discovered" at the age of 12 by some agent or promoter who engineered her early career moves and initial popularity. Once she became well known, she and her parents dumped the guy in a particularly brutal fashion. The other negative report I've read was that a few years ago backstage at one of her concerts she was asked to meet with a small group of handicapped children. Since the meeting wasn't in her approved schedule, she flew into a loud verbal rage and refused to see them.
She seems to have allowed her early talent to give her a bad case of the prima-donna's , but this latest incident smacks more of mental illness. After all, her appeal has always been to the religious crowd, not the teeny bopper fans, so this anti Church behavior is particularly self destructive.

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"..When asked to meet relatives of cast members waiting to meet the show's stars, Charlotte was heard to say: "**** this. I didn't agree to no meet and greet," before storming off. The group included a handicapped child and the wheelchair-bound mother of the Royal Philharmonic's conductor..."

finnigan2 wrote: "Once she became well known, she and her parents dumped the guy in a particularly brutal fashion."

The 'particularly brutal fashion' in which Church's Svengali, Jonathan Shalit was 'dumped' in 2000 was when Shalit gladly accepted an estimated 2 million pounds sterling from the 14 year old Charlotte who had refused to sing if she had to be in the presence of Shalit again.

Charlotte Church's Mother warned that it would cost a lot of money if she were to dismiss Shalit, but Charlotte insisted.

At the time of Jonathan Shalit's dismissal, there were also allegations that Mr. Shalit had engaged in "improper tactile handling" of Charlotte Church but no official charges were ever brought to light.

A July 23, 2006 article from IC Wales finds this interesting note:

"...Jonathan Shalit, who struck gold after signing up the 12-year-old singer after spotting her on a talent show, has reportedly been approached by the BBC for a Louis Theroux-style documentary.

But Shalit, who was famously dumped as Charlotte's manager, politely turned them down.

"I had to say no," he said. "A puppeteer should never reveal how he pulls his strings."

South Wales Echo

Shalit the Puppeteer

Shalit and Bill

Jonathan Shalit with a new
"client" 15 year old Jade Brown