Jul 12, 2005 • 1 min read

Maria Church hits back at Shirley Bassey over Charlotte Church criticism

Charlotte Church's mother Maria has hit back at Shirley Bassey, saying the singer is jealous of her daughter's youth and success after Bassey criticised her drinking and move to rock.

Charlotte Church's Mum has had a go at Shirley Bassey after she had a go at Charlotte in an interview a couple of weeks back. As previously reported, Bassey criticised the young singer for her binge drinking and her move into rock music, saying "she's really let herself down."

Maria Church told the Mirror: "Shirley's just jealous of Charlotte's youth and success. She should put her hand over her mouth to stop herself talking like that. She and Charlotte have met several times and Bassey has never had time for her - in fact, she was downright rude. You'd think she would be supportive of another Cardiff girl. My daughter is taking no notice."

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