{"id":242740,"date":"2010-01-28T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=90912"},"modified":"2010-01-28T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:52:34","slug":"susan-boyle-ripped-by-idol-elaine-paige-%e2%80%9cshe%e2%80%99s-like-a-youtube-virus%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/242740","title":{"rendered":"Susan Boyle Ripped By Idol Elaine Paige: \u201cShe\u2019s Like A YouTube Virus!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oh boy….it just isn’t SuBo’s week, is it? Theater legend Elaine Paige — the Evita<\/em> star idolized by Scottish songbird Susan Boyle — has revealed that she has no \u201cpride\u201d for Boyle, who she dismissed as \u201cvirus who has spread across the world in a nanosecond.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Well…that was harsh. Paige made the reference while talking about Susan\u2019s sudden rise to stardom after her jaw-dropping audition on Britain’s Got Talent<\/em> last March.<\/p>\n

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Susan Boyle clapsed international success when she performed one of Elaine Paige’s signature tunes, “I Dreamed A Dream,” on Britain’s Got Talent. She went on to cover the song on her debut album of the same name — which has sold more than 1 million copies in the US since its release in November.<\/p>\n

Eh — none of it really impresses Elaine. She refuses to grovel at the feet of a YouTube celeb.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t particularly feel any pride for her – I\u2019m sure she is proud of what she has done. It\u2019s all about turning someone into an immediate celebrity at the expense of longevity and working hard and experience,\u201d<\/em> Paige told The Daily Mail<\/em> during the South Bank Awards in London this week. <\/p>\n

\u201cSusan Boyle is doing terribly well considering she literally came to the attention of the world overnight with the advent of YouTube,\u201d<\/em> she added. \u201cShe was like a virus really that spread across the world in a nanosecond. She is a girl with no experience of anything to do with theatrics, the music business, or art in any way. She has done terribly well to be a major star overnight with YouTube….”<\/em><\/p>\n

Glad to hear you aren’t bitter, Elaine….(Insert Rolling Eyes…..)<\/em> The sharp-tongued Cats<\/em> actress continued firing off at Boyle when reporters asked whether the shy Scot has what it takes to maintain a long-lasting career in the industry.<\/p>\n

“She is a major star because of YouTube. Longevity is gained through knowledge, experience and effort so it will remain to be seen,”<\/em> Elaine replied curtly. “When I started, YouTube didn’t exist but even then with 15 years of experience prior to my success with Evita it was difficult, so I admire the way she handled her sudden success,”<\/em> she further remarked. “Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor just take a bunch of people from real life who think they can sing and try and turn them into overnight ’stars’ with a couple of songs. Ha ha. It’s not entertainment…..It’s all about turning someone into an immediate celebrity at the expense of longevity and working hard and experience.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Oh boy….it just isn’t SuBo’s week, is it? Theater legend Elaine Paige — the Evita star idolized by Scottish songbird Susan Boyle — has revealed that she has no \u201cpride\u201d for Boyle, who she dismissed as \u201cvirus who has spread across the world in a nanosecond.” Well…that was harsh. Paige made the reference while talking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}