Alexandra Burke - X Factor 2008

Melissa Bell, the mother of X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, has told the Daily Mail today how Alexandra nearly didn’t make it to Boot Camp because Melissa was so ill.

Back in July, just three weeks before Alexandra left her hometown for Boot Camp, Melissa’s life took “a horrible and unexpected turn” when she became seriously ill as a consequence of her diabetes.

Melissa told the newspaper, “The night before, I had gone to bed feeling tired and ill, and on the Sunday morning, I just couldn’t get up.

“I assumed that it was flu, because I didn’t even have the energy to lift my head from the pillow. Alexandra came in and sat on my bed. She said, “Mum, you need to see a doctor”, but I disagreed.

“She wanted to call an ambulance, but I was insistent she should do no such thing, saying, ‘I’m not that ill. I don’t want to waste NHS time.’” Read more & comment »