Susan Boyle Hospitalized After Emotional Breakdown

Us Magazine - June 1, 2009 4:30 AM PDT
Story photo: Susan Boyle Hospitalized After Emotional BreakdownSusan Boyle, star of 'Britain's Got Talent', returns to her home in West Lothian on May 8, 2009 in Blackburn Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesUs Magazine
Hours after her shocking defeat on Britains Got Talent, Susan Boyle was admitted to a private clinic in London Sunday for exhaustion.

"Police were called to doctors assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act. The woman was taken voluntarily by ambulance to a clinic," a Boyle spokesperson said in a statement. "At the request of doctors, police accompanied the ambulance."

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On Monday, judge Piers Morgan -- who spoke to Boyle, 48, shortly before her hospitalization -- said she is "fine" and has just "gone in for some rest."

"She needs to get away from everyone get away from the show, from the media, the public, and just have a bit of down time to herself," he said on U.K.'s GMTV morning show Monday.

The Scottish signing sensation won over millions with her stirring rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream" from the musical Les Miserables during her audition. She performed the same song on Saturday's finale, but was beat by dance troupe Diversity. (Some reports said Boyle had been angry and screamed "I hate this show" after losing; winners said she had been "gracious" and nice.")

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Said Morgan: "She had too long to wait between the audition show and the final, and the pressure just builds and builds and builds. It's been crazy, she has gone from anonymity to being the most-downloaded woman in history."

He said her hospitalization was "entirely voluntary" and she had been "seeing doctors through the week whenever she's wanting to because they've all been under huge pressure, these contestants."

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"But nobody, and I stress this, has had to put up with the kind of attention that Susan has," Morgan said. "And no one could have predicted it so we entered uncharted territory."

Fred O'Neil, a former voice coach, told the BBC: "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."

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

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown even weighed in on Boyle's situation: "I hope Susan Boyle is okay, because she is a really, really nice person, and I think she will do well."

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  • jazzy g
    this world really knows how to break a person down....only the strong survive! she'll be fine now that she has a taste of what she will be up against if she persues a career. get some ret you're going to need it!!
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 8:18 AM PDT
  • I love susan
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 8:11 AM PDT
  • marti
    Susan get well, take care and know that a lot of people feel you are the rightful winner.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 7:25 AM PDT
  • knlwtchr
    This is a prime example of how people are judged for their looks and not their personality or talent and how prejudiced people really are, especially in Hollywood. She just went to a talent contest for fun, and she ends up in a hospital because of the media and other stupid people who cant keep their mouths shut. I thought we, as Americans, were so open minded and accepting of others. WRONG!
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 7:10 AM PDT
  • natural redhead
    GET WELL SUSAN AND THINK ONLY OF YOURSELF--YOU HAVE THE ANGEL'S VOICE--KEEP SHARING IT. WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT WAS BESTOWED ON YOU. I WISH I COULD SING--YOU ARE A WONDERFUL WOMAN THE WAY YOU TOOK CARE OF YOUR MUM. YOUR HEART IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOUR VOICE.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:36 AM PDT
  • Dixie
    I can't believe a dance troup beat her. I haven't even seen their act. Well Susan take it easy and don't let it stress you out and go back to doing whatever it was you were doing before.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:36 AM PDT
  • xena
    Susan should have won the show. U guys pick a bunch of kids who can kick and jump like monkeys is crazy. U guys backstab poor susan. Asswholes. Simon your the biggest Asswhole.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:35 AM PDT
  • bunny
    Susan, God bless and keep you well. You are a star in my eyes. Much love to you.
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:32 AM PDT
  • natural redhead
    F__k all you fools-- to whom looks are all. I hope you never get a scar across your face or go face 1st thru a windshield. Not everyone's so 'lucky' to be perfect like you. You make me sick. Sing as great as Susan and MAYBE you can complain but, that's why chickens s__t. So we have a name for u. Take yourself off your self invented pedestal before someone kick
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:32 AM PDT
  • tina910@...
    honestly i dont like her......ya sure she can sing pretty(i dont find it that amazing) but if she cant handle the publicty now then she wont be able to go on any farther with her career
    report abuseposted June 1, 2009 5:30 AM PDT
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