While Susan Boyle ’s music may sound effortless, Confidenti@l has learned it’s everything but.
Following Sunday’s confession that she suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, it’s now clear just how hard the Scottish singing sensation works to perform live.
Boyle was at the WNYW/Ch. 5 studios on the Upper East Side just days before the shocking revelation and relied on her manager to help her keep time and soothe her anxieties while she performed for the “Good Day New York” episode that aired Monday.
While she seemed like a natural on TV, her ever-present minder was there to pepper her with directions throughout the segment, which seemed to calm her nerves.
“She was singing Christmas songs, but there was no music playing. It was only playing on a track in her ear, so no one could hear any music — only Susan’s singing, which made her nervous,” an insider tells Confidenti@l. “She was tapping her foot to keep along with the rhythm, and it was so silent you could hear a man behind a curtain behind her talking to her.”
We’re told that while Boyle was placed in front of the festive curtain decorated with twinkling lights, her manager remained behind it, telling her to remember to “smile, move your hands more, put your hands down, raise right hand, keep smiling, smile, hands up,” and so on, making Boyle’s appearance appear effortless, according to our spy.
“Everything he said, she would then do it. It looked hard because it’s one thing to not hear the music and to be singing along to a track, but another to do it to a silent room,” says our tipster. “There were long, silent pauses, but her coach told her how to move, which camera to look at, how to smile.”
Boyle told the U.K.’s Observer newspaper that a specialist in Scotland diagnosed her Asperger’s a year ago, and that she’s relieved to finally be able to talk about it.
“I have always known that I have had an unfair label put upon me,” she explained. “I have Asperger’s.”
The inspirational singer — who was discovered in 2009 when she knocked Simon Cowell ’s socks off on “Britain’s Got Talent,” belting out “I Dreamed a Dream” — has a new album out called “Home for Christmas.” It’s a compilation of favorite holiday songs from her youth, including “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Little Drummer Boy.”
Following Sunday’s confession that she suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, it’s now clear just how hard the Scottish singing sensation works to perform live.
Boyle was at the WNYW/Ch. 5 studios on the Upper East Side just days before the shocking revelation and relied on her manager to help her keep time and soothe her anxieties while she performed for the “Good Day New York” episode that aired Monday.
While she seemed like a natural on TV, her ever-present minder was there to pepper her with directions throughout the segment, which seemed to calm her nerves.
“She was singing Christmas songs, but there was no music playing. It was only playing on a track in her ear, so no one could hear any music — only Susan’s singing, which made her nervous,” an insider tells Confidenti@l. “She was tapping her foot to keep along with the rhythm, and it was so silent you could hear a man behind a curtain behind her talking to her.”
We’re told that while Boyle was placed in front of the festive curtain decorated with twinkling lights, her manager remained behind it, telling her to remember to “smile, move your hands more, put your hands down, raise right hand, keep smiling, smile, hands up,” and so on, making Boyle’s appearance appear effortless, according to our spy.
“Everything he said, she would then do it. It looked hard because it’s one thing to not hear the music and to be singing along to a track, but another to do it to a silent room,” says our tipster. “There were long, silent pauses, but her coach told her how to move, which camera to look at, how to smile.”
Boyle told the U.K.’s Observer newspaper that a specialist in Scotland diagnosed her Asperger’s a year ago, and that she’s relieved to finally be able to talk about it.
“I have always known that I have had an unfair label put upon me,” she explained. “I have Asperger’s.”
The inspirational singer — who was discovered in 2009 when she knocked Simon Cowell ’s socks off on “Britain’s Got Talent,” belting out “I Dreamed a Dream” — has a new album out called “Home for Christmas.” It’s a compilation of favorite holiday songs from her youth, including “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Little Drummer Boy.”
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