Louis Walsh Doubts Susan Boyles Coping Ability
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.
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To my surprise I agree with Louis, Susan will struggle to
cope with the pressure that goes with being in the music
business and when her popularity dwindles which it will the
aftermass of not being famous will be very difficult for her
to cope with. This is why I say she should do her album,
achieve her dream and enjoy the success from that, not be dragged from country to country on tour, doing interviews etc
as the pressure will be too much. Much better to have a small
success and be healthy than be pushed too far and have a breakdown.
Sadly this I feel to be very true and I agree with Louis here.
However, the length of career these new to the show business arena have via the talent show route has always been short as opposed to lengthy.
Far greater is the pressure of having to take a back seat if you have had 30 years or more in the limelight. As performing is all these show biz people know. I am thinking here of Diana Ross who in her waning years had issues around this subject.
At least for Susan she will have the satisfaction that she made her break, did the big talent show thing, and performed a little and dispite all of this being anticipated as short lived, it is she who will also be laughing all the way to the bank.