Susan Boyle's brother has said his sister is living in fear of rejection as she begins her post 'Britain's Got Talent' life. After that little wobble following her surprise defeat on the ITV talent show, the Scottish warbler is now working on her debut album for Simon Cowell's record label. Gerry Boyle says she is loving her new life as a recording artist, but lives in fear that it will all end tomorrow sending her back to her old life in Lothian.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, he said: "Susan absolutely loves the life she is leading now. But it has left her fearful of going back to how things were, living on her own waiting for her singing dream to come true. She has asked me many times: 'Gerry, what happens if this all stops?'"
Referring to his sister's brief stint in The Priory after her 'BGT' defeat, he continued: "Susan doesn't take rejection very well. That's not to say she doesn't bounce back, she does. It's a lack of confidence and a case of getting overworked up. With 'Britain's Got Talent' it all just became too much".
I'm not sure you can get any worse rejection than a surprise defeat in the eyes of the world's media on a prime time ITV show, so surely any disappointments moving forward will be easier to handle by comparison. But let's hope she's got good financial advisors on hand, just in case interest does wane.