The President, Susan Boyle, Hair-washing and a cat called Pebbles.

This is from the News of the World (UK), so, um, it must be true.




By Douglas Wight, 10/05/2009

SUSAN Boyle turned down the chance of a dream dinner date with President Barack in Washington . . . to stay at home and wash her hair, we can reveal.

Britain's Got Talent's Hairy Angel confessed to being TOO NERVOUS to meet the American president - her most famous fan - at a glittering star-studded bash.

A source told us: "She was shocked and thrilled by the invite - but it was all too much too soon for her so she said No. She has been told President Obama has seen clips of her on TV and loved her singing. And she is delighted. But instead she'll have no doubt stayed in with her cat Pebbles, washed her hair and watched Britain's Got Talent on telly."

American TV networks all fell over themselves to give her a special invitation to the prestigious annual Correspondents Dinner which took place in Washington DC last night. President Obama was guest of honour and invitations are like gold dust.

Dowdy spinster Susan - who captured hearts around the world when she sang I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables - would have rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous including Hollywood A-listers at the five-star Hilton Hotel . . . and the President.

But the 48-year-old favourite to win the TV show - who lives in a council house in the tiny Scots village of Blackburn, West Lothian - turned them all down.

Susan's invitation shows what a huge star she has become in the States. And her refusal shows that worldwide fame has certainly not changed her. "She knows she would have been incredibly nervous if she'd gone," said the source. "But her dream is to sing for President Obama one day. She loves him and thinks he is already a terrific president."

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/britains_got_talent/299403/Britainrsquos-Got-Talentrsquos-Hairy-Angel-Susan-Boyle-turned-down-invite-to-Correspondents-Dinner-where-she-would-have-met-President-Barack-Obama.html

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I like it when people remain unaffected by sudden fame or fortune. Good on her. Her voice is so pure and filled with feeling. She owns the songs she does.

I don;t know if this report is true, but there is a reason she lived with her mother and has been alone for much of her life. Her desire to sing is wonderful, but the traps and trappings of a life of celebrity can daunt even the toughest, and she seems a gentle soul. I hop she survives the whole thing happy.

and I was going to retort, no, you silly goose, we're now ruled by the diumvirate of Carrie Prejean's silicone pouches.

Sounds as if she's found her instant celebrity to be a bit daunting, to say the least. Hopefully, she and the president can get together at a later date.