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Tom Bergeron Offers Advice To Susan Boyle
It seems everyone has some advice for Susan Boyle, including television hosts.
Tom Bergeron, the host of Dancing With the Stars in the United States, had an editorial in today’s the New York Times about how Susan Boyle, as he puts it, needs to “run away.” The reason for this is that he fears the inevitable backlash, which I have to agree with him has already started, where the people who were enthralled with her will begin to turn on her.
The kind of love she’s getting isn’t a tenth as genuine as her pussycat’s purr (and even Pebbles is mostly angling to get fed). We saw the eye-rolling in the audience moments before she performed. We heard the derisive wolf whistle. And then she sang, and the humbled audience sprang to their feet in sudden adoration.
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Ms. Boyle’s experience seems to suggest that people are willing to overcome their prejudices and see the world anew. But those same people can turn back into snarky snobs just as easily. Some already have. Post goose-bumped pundits are speculating about a deliberate charade to increase ratings.
I have to agree with Mr. Bergeron, and I hope she is surrounded by good, loving, people who have known her from long before this fame came into her life. I’m not sure running away from it is the best solution, but just keeping her head on straight should help with a lot of the issues.
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