Piers Morgan wrote last week that Susan Boyle has never asked how many CD’s she has sold or how much money she has made since graduating from Britain’s Got Talent into international superstardom.
I was one of many who loved her from the start, for her voice yes, but also the way she challenged people’s perceptions of what you had to look like and be like to be a successful singer.
But having read Pier’s comments I’m not so sure I should be a fan any more. Now that I know she’s ignorant of all the commercial benefits of her long awaited fame and fortune, then I don’t feel I should be enjoying her work.
It’s like watching dancing bears or elephants doing circus tricks - no matter how good their acts are and how well they are taken care of - it’s not decent to watch if they are not in charge of their own skills.
I want Susan Boyle her to love her stacks of new money - to be shopping, saving for her future, sharing her cash with family and friends and doing anything at all she feels like with her hard earned fortune. But to think that she is working flat out but has never seen a bank statement, makes me feel like I’m somehow involved in her exploitation.
Or maybe she’s doing something she loves and knows she’d got more than enough money so it doesn’t matter exactly how much. That sounds pretty wonderful to me!
I don’t know much about her, but if she doesn’t care about then money, then if she doesn’t want to isng any more, I think she’d just stop.
Is she being exploited? Or is she, as Sophie points out, merely enjoying those aspects of her fame and fortune that are important to her?
I know she has mild learning difficulties but, as far as I’m aware, she has the mental capacity to make decisions for herself. If these are not the decisions that we would necessarily make, well, those are her choices, not ours.
Provided she is NOT being exploited, then I find it rather refreshing that she neither knows nor cares how much money she has in the bank.
Hi Sophie, I agree that there are a lot of things in life that bring people joy that they would do for free – maybe I’m too cynical on this one…..
Hello Pauline, I hope SB is not able to be exploited, but to show no curiousity when big bucks turn up in her life is a big signpost that she might be. Or maybe…..see above !
Anna May x
Maybe it’s the new “stardom” – not actually worrying how much money you have… I can’t say I would the same. Nothing wrong with the odd shopping spree every day
Susan Boyle is an exceptionally talented lady who’s been subjected to considerable ridicule in the media. IMHO she deserves all of the success that she is currently enjoying.