Tp think Sinead O'Connor should learn some manners?

[breadyegg]

Just saw her on the BBC. How rude was she to that interviewer? She needs a slap...

I like her as an artist. Have ever so slightly gone off her...

[FellatioNels0n]

Right. Just watched it. First of all I thought it was completely inappropriate to start a very casual interview (if you can even call it that) standing up and go bam! straight in with a very personal reference to her difficult past and a veiled reference to her mental health. And his comment 'are you trying to convince me or yourself?' was appalling in the context in which is was said. Crass, awkward, unprofessional. I'm not surprised she was a bit about it. I have sympathy for her there - he was an arse.

However, part of being an artist with something to promote is that you have to tout yourself around radio shows and TV studios, and put up with some pretty invasive or uninspiring crap and I think she could have done herself more favours if she'd taken it with a bit more grace. if you don't like the promos, just don't do them. She probably should have bollocked him off air, not on it, but she was right to be irritated.

And that is a bloody fantastic song. I remember the first time I heard it, I nearly had to stop my car I was so blown away by it.

[Mimishimi]

Well, I watched the interview on Youtube and I don't really see what the fuss is all about? First of all, he hardly interviewed her at all. Said that every interview he's seen "drags up all of her past" after just mentioning her mental health problems, showed no interest in her music, said one song was "wildly optimistic" (which has a negative connotation) and generally sounded like an officious prat.

She still has a pair of the most gorgeous eyes I have ever seen.

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

Fellatio

Watch it

[MadameBoolala]

and most offices in the 'real world'.

[Mitchy1nge]

well that wipes out a lot of people in the entertainment industry, and politics, straight away

[MadameBoolala]

Clearly anyone who has had any problem with their mental health shouldn't be allowed on the television.

[FlouncingMintyy]

Why the hell shouldn't be interviewed if she has mental health problems? Why not? Please expand.

[MadameBoolala]

breadyegg surely you can see that the 'she needs a slap' comment was ill advised?

[cumfy]

'Are you trying to convince me or yourself?'

I thought this was a fantastic question ... just wrong time and wrong place.

It really did seem she was trying to convince herself.

[FellatioNels0n]

I didn't see it but I'm not surprised. She's famous for it - like a female Van Morrison! I've never heard her say anything pleasant yet. I really like her as an artist too, but she is an unlikeable, self-absorbed twat.

[cornycourvoisier]

Did you watch 'The Office' breadyegg.
Are you one of those people who didn't understand what was so funny about it?

[Sunnywithshowers]

'ishoos' and 'mental capacity' breadyegg - can I suggest that you read up about mental health problems (or comments about SOC on this thread, for that matter).

A man with her history of mental health problems would not have been patronised like that.

And as other posters have pointed out, she does live in the 'real' world.

[Angelfootprints]

Only people who work "in the office " live in the real world it seems.

[DoctorAnge]

She lives very much in the real world how ridiculous

[MechanicalTheatre]

She doesn't have the mental capacity to cope with it? She made a bit of an arsey comment! She didn't go on a murderous rampage around the studio.

[breadyegg]

Well, it's fairly clear that she's got 'ishoos' in which case she probably shouldn't put herself in a position where she is interviewed.

As we know, the media aren't very kind and she obviously doesn't have the mental capacity to cope with it. I see far worse 'attacks' on people in the office every day and they don't react like that. She should think herself lucky she's not in the 'real world'.

It's got nothing to do with her ability as an artist.

[DameIanMcKellan]

Noooooooooooooooo!

Now I've looked it up and now I know what Eddie Mair looks like and I do not like finding out what radio voices look like.

Damn the lot of you!

[cornycourvoisier]

I totally agree madameboolala

'Are you trying to convince me or yourself?'

why does he think she gives a shit about what he thinks?
Such a smug, conceited thing for him to say.

[CloudsAndTrees]

She was asked perfectly nicely how she was.

She was the first to be rude with the way she responded.

I appreciate that her interviewer didn't respond to her rudeness well and actually just made the situation worse. But if she had given a pleasant response to a pleasant question it wouldn't have happened in the first place.

But of course according to some people, giving a pleasant response to a simple question is just the same as shutting your mouth to years of state sanctioned abuse and enforced slavery.

[MadameBoolala]

Ooh look, I invented a new verb!

[MadameBoolala]

The more I think about this the more incensed I get.

Why, why, why did she have to be 'mature' when faced with a question that was obviously intended to provoke?

'Are you trying to convince me or yourself?'. I can't read that in any other way than a snarky.

[cornycourvoisier]

I've also ordered one of sinead's albums due to this thread. I've ordered 'The best of..'but will definitely order the new one as well.

I'm so pleased as it includes her version of 'Don't cry for me Argentina' which I've just discovered due to listening to her on youtube over the last couple of days. It's amazing.

[wordfactory]

Well clouds, the easy thing for her to do would be to say 'fine thank you' but she doesn't choose easy. She chooses honest.

[whiteandyelloworchid]

Her song troy is so powerful

I often sing that as I.like the screaming part