Boyle Threatened To Bolt "BGT"

(CBS)  The pressure may be getting to sudden singing sensation Susan Boyle.

A British tabloid says she -- boiled over at the hotel where contestants stay from the show that made her famous, "Britain's Got Talent."

As CBS News correspondent Richard Roth put it, "Fame has a price," and Boyle is "learning that part of it's sometimes bad press."

Britain's best-selling Sun newspaper says Boyle lost her cool in an encounter in the hotel's lobby with a pair of strangers -- one that ended in a chat with police.

Details are thin, Roth says, except for the paper's claim that the encounter included Boyle swearing at the strangers.

But on The Early Show Thursday, one of Boyle's biggest backers, "BGT"Judge Piers Morgan, said he's "feeling more supportive" of Boyle "today than I was before, because I feel really sorry for Susan.

"From what I hear," he told co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, "she's been in tears the last two days. She even threatened to leave the show yesterday at one stage, because of the sheer amount of pressure on her.

"And you have to remember with Susan, she's a 48-year-old lady from a tiny village in Scotland who has never been exposed to anything like this kind of attention. And I think she's really feeling the heat.

"The hotel she's in is crawling in tourists, crawling in the media. I think maybe she overreacted. I don't know what happened. She denies, apparently, some of the things that have been reported.

"But either way, I know she's feeling a lot of pressure, and I think that most people watching this show and hearing about this will feel natural sympathy toward her. And I just hope it all calms down for the final. Because, on Saturday, she sings for the competition" -- for all the marbles.

Morgan, a former tabloid editor, admits he'd be covering Boyle heavily, too, if he were still in his old job. "Susan is the hottest story in town," he observed. ... Every single thing that Susan has done in the last three or four weeks has been headline news in Britain, in America, in Russia, in China. She's a true global phenomenon. ... And she's beginning to realize that her life will never be the same.

"I feel very, very sorry for her," Morgan continued. "At the same time, I've tried to explain to her, 'Look, you know, this is still a wonderful opportunity for you. And most people out there still have great affection for you, and are really willing you to victory. So try to keep calm, don't read the newspapers, don't watch television, keep yourself very cool and composed, and just focus on the (Saturday's) performance."

Boyle, Piers adds, "is quite naturally feeling the pressure. ... She knows that, on her semifinal performance, when she sang, she cracked at the start, and nearly blew it. And now she knows that she's got this amazing career ahead of her, if she can nail that song on Saturday. And it's going to be a fantastically exciting moment, because this is it. This is the two minutes that will define Susan Boyle's life."

[thomderr1]

Why do the lyrics to 'Dirty Laundry' come to mind? Don Henley got it right!
(That's why I left journalism.)

[rrozsa]

I'm not "feeling sorry for her" like Piers. What a stupid patronizing remark! I support Susan 1000%!
Posted by BelieveInYourself at 2:06 PM : May 28, 2009

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Um, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but don't you mean 100%? 100 out of 100 is the highest you can go.

[edward1975-2009]

This is a by-product of the " gotta know everything" world. Laws should be passed that would deter these tabloids, paparazzi's and such. These people deserve there space just as you and I do. People need to get their own lives and quit living through these entertainment types. They put their pants on the same as you, one leg at a time.

[enough-already]

The state of the media these days (paparazzi, reporters, bloggers, etc.) is a sad commentary on how starved "the public" is for juicy gossip about entertainers. For Gods sake, entertainers are just people, aren't they? Granted, they have developed a talent that most of us don't have, and they are paid well for using that talent, but when they get home, they still have stinky feet, just like everyone else, and want to kick back and relax, like everyone else. Why the "press" won't let them take their family out to a restaurant, or go to the grocery store, without mobbing them for pictures and comments is beyond me. It's very sad.

[mrs_trepidatious]

Miss Boyle, I'd like to introduce you to Charlotte Church, another graduate of the "Ozzy Osbourne School of Interpersonal Communication".
Here, just belt out the show stopper from "Phantom" and that'll shut everyone up.
Posted by aka_KJB
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Or she could just belt out "I dont like spam!".

[cmp271]

Susan, give yourself a break. Don't listen to these idiots. They are only jealous and trying to take away from you what they wish they had!! You come from a small town, what do you expect of yourself and what you are now trying to cope with?? So what about the f word, no matter how well bred we think we are everyone says it. Get a treadmill in your room and walk off the extra stress. You also need to sleep and eat right-no booze!!!

You will be fine, think only of the stage, those judges and let goddess guide you to the win of a lifetime for you.

I hope these all are read for her...its tough being in the public eye. It is a choice, you either do it or not, or have a happy meet in the middle with it.

[Schratboy]

The peevish press love picking at people. Ms. Boyle's emergence onto the public radar has been nothing less than delightful. The fact she's been caught off-guard in not surprising considering that this is a standard media trick: to exploit.

I wish her all the best and for the press, they can pound sand.

[HGOODGUY]

THIS IS TYPICAL NEWS SPIN

BUILD THEM AND THEN TEAR THEM DOWN!!!!!

[aka_KJB]

It appears that it was not, in fact, "tourists" but so-called 'journalists' who were going out of their way to get a rise out of her, knowing full well that she'd been bullied as a kid. As a journalist myself, I find actions like these cause to have someone blackballed from the profession or at least forced to find work with TMZ (which it wouldn't surprise me if these jokers worked for the sleazy little lawyer-turned-muckraker anyway). All jokes aside (and I've made plenty of my own), Susan Boyle shouldn't have to be worrying about this kind of thing in the middle of a competition. The competition should be keeping her away from situations like this just as they should be every other person involved right now. Simon Cowell needs to keep his house in order and tell Piers Morgan to shut the frak up.

[capegal67]

Of course Susan got upset, because she should at this point have body guards around her and have persons with her to protect her. I believe that she is going to win and Susan, this is your chance at fame and you have the voice for it, go for it. Do not let a bunch of losers on the sidelines take this away from you. Just think of a funny comment to make when they ask stupid questions. When they ask a stupid question, tell them to ask your lawyer. Go Susan go, I am waiting and hoping you win. I will not be able to see the show, because I am in Canada and unless it is going to be on TV here, there is no way to know if you won.