NEWS AT TEN - Susan Boyle threatens to QUIT !!

Susan Boyle has considered quitting Britain's Got Talent altogether due to the pressures of fame, show judge Piers Morgan said.

Morgan launched a defence of the 48-year-old, dubbed the 'Hairy Angel', who is the favourite to win, saying that she has been in "floods of tears" this week and suffering from almost crippling nerves.

Writing on his internet blog, Morgan said that "frightened rabbit" Boyle had fleetingly felt like throwing in the towel to escape all the attention.

He said that reading bitchy comments about her had made him feel "very, very angry".

He wrote: "Susan is finding it very, very difficult to cope, and to stay calm.

"She has been in tears many times during the last few days, and even, fleetingly, felt like quitting the show altogether at one point and fleeing all the attention.

"She's had to read stories and columns, and listen to radio and TV phone-ins, calling her arrogant, insincere, spoiled, fake, mad and so on.

"Now, I have been called all that and worse in my career, but I spent 20 years in Fleet Street and know how to deal with it.

"Susan Boyle has never experienced anything like this and is like a frightened rabbit in headlights."

The finalist lost her temper in the lobby of the Wembley Plaza Hotel in north London after being "wound up" by two strangers.

Police stationed at the hotel intervened in the situation.

Boyle was photographed talking to two police officers in the car park following the incident.

A spokesman for Boyle said: "The police were escorting a journalist from the premises who had been winding Susan up. Susan and her sister were talking to the police telling them what had happened."

Speaking to Nick Ferrari on LBC 97.3 radio, Morgan described the church volunteer as "an incredibly sweet, nice, gentle person who has been propelled through this show.

"Suddenly, a month later, she's the biggest star on the planet and I don't say that lightly...

"Anybody who has gone through that incredible transformation is going to be feeling the most unbelievable pressure, not least of which because the final is on Saturday and she knows that everything may rest on that one performance and you could see the nerves almost crippling her on the semi-final show and I just think it's time that everyone slightly backed off...

"Knowing her as I do, she's been incredibly upset this week. She's been in floods of tears."

Boyle, from Blackburn, West Lothian, was propelled into the spotlight following her audition for the ITV talent show, singing I Dreamed A Dream from the musical Les Miserables.

She went on to become a global internet sensation, scoring millions of hits on video site YouTube and gaining celebrity support including that of Hollywood star Demi Moore.

Morgan told the radio station that talk of Boyle's hotel outburst had been "massively exaggerated...

"She is getting this ferocious attention and my heart does go out to her a bit.

"She is really upset about all this and apparently she's really upset that she may have offended me.

"You know what, Susan, all you have to concentrate on now is doing an amazing performance on Saturday.

"You're the red-hot favourite. There are people who want you to fail.

"There are people who want to snipe at you, who want to kick you because now suddenly you're so popular.

"All she has to do is do a great performance."

Boyle will compete for the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Show.

The semi-final stages continue today, with sax sensation Julian Smith tipped to make it through to the final showdown.

The 39-year-old from Birmingham will be joined on stage by grandfather and granddaughter singing duo Two Grand aka John Neill and Sallie Lax, aged, 76 and 12 respectively, from Doncaster and punk pop act Brit Chix from Boston, Lincolnshire.

Breakdancing OAP Fred Bowers, dancing dog act Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes, from Oxford, and dance troupe Sugarfree, from Essex, will also take part.

Singer Callum Francis, 12, from Hertfordshire, and burlesque act Fabia Cerra, 35, from Oxford, are also hoping to get to the final.

William Hill said it has started to see a possible Boyle backlash and eased her price today from 4/7 to 4/6, with Shaheen Jafargholi cut from 6/1 to 5/1.

The bookies is also offering 10/1 that Boyle swears during the live final and 100/1 that she proposes to Morgan following her victory.

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[FenianandLimey]

I totally support Susan. Can you imagine how horrible it is to be told you're fat, ugly, etc. and then to have reporters in your face constantly. I would tell them to piss off too. She's been showing nothing but grace and class at the unkind things that have been said about her, but every one of us has a fuse and/or a breaking point. I hope she realizes that most of the world supports her.

[TheUberDeeJay]

Lets hope she can see the wood for the trees!

The Uber DeeJay

[ClemTigers77]

What these idiots in the press don't care about is that Susan does have learning disabilities, she was tormented in school for being slow, and she has also been battling the flu for the last week. Get off her back. You killed Princess Diana and you are harassing a wonderfully talented lady who has done nothing to you. Frankly, the show should provide some security to keep the leaches at bay. Go Susan. The Majority in the World Loves You.

[TheGreatDeciever55]

i dont understand---susan boyle is adorable!

[b0grillaz]

THEM TWO AT 1:49 ARE SHIT OVER ALL THE ONLY REASON THEY HAD A CHANCE IS BECAUSE THEY ARE WISE. HOW? BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY WERE SHITTY , SO THEY THOUGHT AHAH , LET;'S USE OUR SHITNESS TO BE FUNNy!

[enoch6977]

I'm talking down to you because you are beneath me, you pathetic worm.

[2InsertCoolNameHere2]

i hate her. she is an ugly hoe who is lip syncin' all the time. I HATE HER.

[2InsertCoolNameHere2]

she is a ugly hoe

[2InsertCoolNameHere2]

y u talking down to ppl who dont like her... fuk u,ass hole

[larryglass61]

did she really yell and cuss at people in the lobby? i really don't know. she doesn't seem to be that type of person.

[rosko94]

By Any Chance Are You From America?

Because In Britan alot of the newscaster do that, :L

[enoch6977]

What's up with that stuck up bitch newscaster's reaction at 2:08 ??

She's just jealous of my sweetheart Susan's sexy moves.

[enoch6977]

2:00 through 2:06 is SO hot!!! I want her BAD!!! She's probably been flooded with marriage proposals. What I would give to deflower that precious virgin. I hope this isn't inappropriate but I just had to share this with somebody. I love you Susan Boyle!!! XOXOXOXOXO!!!!