14 DAY TRIAL // Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle was in Chicago this week to tape an appearance on The Oprah Show, as we also reported a few days ago. However, before boarding the plane that would take her to the US, the singer had another mini-breakdown at Heathrow Airport, The Sun informs, citing sources present when the incident took place.
As per reports, Susan Boyle was so agitated that a British Airways employee had to go and tell her to tone it down because she was bothering the other passengers. Not only that, but the BA staffer also had to sit with the singer and her entourage until she was on the plane, to make sure that she did not cause any more trouble, the British tabloid says. BA has already confirmed that some sort of disturbance took place in the VIP lounge, but it would not say who was the cause of it.
“Susan Boyle stunned passengers in a VIP lounge at Heathrow as she flew off the handle – dancing around and crooning into a mop. The swearing singer, 48, suddenly grabbed the makeshift ‘microphone’ from a cleaner as she suffered another public meltdown. During her bizarre performance – which sparked complaints to British Airways staff – she also used it to polish passengers’ shoes. Airline employees tried to calm her down only for SuBo to flee the Terminal 5 lounge, yelling: ‘I’ve escaped, I’ve escaped!’” The Sun writes.
According to an unnamed (but admittedly reliable) eyewitness, the singer made it a point of shouting obscenities at the other passengers, which sparked several complaints with the airline company, the report goes on to say. “It was chaos. Susan was very restless and agitated from the minute she walked in and immediately started making a scene. She was singing and dancing around, shouting obscenities at full volume,” the source quips.
A spokesperson for British Airways confirms that a disturbance took place, but will not say who it was. “A customer in the BA lounge on Tuesday was asked to temper their behavior as it was becoming disruptive,” the BA rep says. On the other hand, the singer’s representative says whatever odd behavior people noted was only the cause of too much excitement. Still, saying that Susan Boyle suffered a “breakdown” is a little too much, the same rep goes on to add. However, she apologizes for any offense she might have caused.