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.