Susan Boyle

I am very sad to report that Susan Boyle has been admitted to a private mental health clinic in London, suffering from exhaustion.

The BBC this morning reported that she was taken voluntarily by ambulance to the clinic.

Scotland Yard has said that police officers were called to a London hotel on Sunday at 1800 BST to doctors assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act.

It is believed that Ms Boyle has been taken to the Priory Clinic, although the Priory Clinic themselves will neither confirm nor deny that she is there.

Television company talkbackThames released a statement: “Following Saturday night’s show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained.

“She has been seen by her private GP who supports her decision to take a few days out for rest and recovery.”

“We offer her our ongoing support and wish her a speedy recovery.”

Other media reports have stated that after the final of Britain’s Got Talent, Susan ran down the corridor shouting: “I hate this show” and that she threw a cup of water over a floor manager who tried to pacify her.

Fred O’Neil, Susan Boyle’s friend and former voice coach was interviewed on the BBC breakfast news this morning. He labelled Susan’s situation “a tragedy.

“It’s such a tragic situation, a woman who really just loves to sing, an innocent woman really, who is just caught up in this fame game,” he told the BBC presenters.

“I just hope that whatever fame that she has got out of this will eventually bring her some happiness. Obviously at the present time it is not.”

Meanwhile, Piers Morgan was interviewed on GMTV this morning. He said that Susan Boyle was “emotionally drained and exhausted” due to the huge amount of pressure she had been placed under as the show ran its course.

“Nobody has had to put up with the kind of attention Susan has had,” he said. “Nobody could have predicted it.

“It has been crazy, she has gone from anonymity to being the most downloaded woman in history.”

Piers Morgan maintained however that Susan is “essentially fine”.

“She was very tired and hasn’t been sleeping,” he added. “She has just gone away to have some time to herself and to sleep and eat, doing all the things she hasn’t been able to do in the last week.”

Whilst ITV are clear winners, with 75% of the viewing public tuning in to watch the Britain’s Got Talent final (estimates give viewing figures of between 16 and 19 million), one has to ask the question: at what price?

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