X Factor judge Louis Walsh has expressed some doubt that Susan Boyle will be able to cope with fame on a long term basis. Who would have thought the leprechaun had a heart?

Walsh told The Daily Mail: “I don’t know if she’s going to have a big, long career. I don’t think she’s able to cope with the pressure.

“People don’t realise that they become public property, and people knock on their doors and their family history is going to come out. It’s 24/7 and you have to be born to do it.”

He added: “She’s got great appeal and she can sing, and people like her. She’ll have a massive album as long as she works and shows up to the recording.

“Simon [Cowell] has a great record company; she’s got the best machine behind her.”

Simon Cowell may have put ‘the best machine’ behind Susan, but what happens when she stops selling records and earning money? At that point the ‘machine’ will no doubt disappear and Boyle will be left to deal with the aftermath of being famous, whilst having only received a fraction of the money she earned for Cowell and Co.