By now, I’m sure almost nobody has missed the video of Susan Boyle appearing on Britain’s got talent. This frumpy, impossibly ancient woman (47! who knew humans could live that long?), who looks as though she’s having a bad hair life, takes the stage, acts cheeky, says she’s “never been kissed” and then floors everyone by having a rather good voice.
Everybody seems to love the way the audience first rolls their eyes at her, and then leaps to their feet cheering as she begins to sing.
But now I read the shocking news that a) she HAS been kissed and was only saying that to garner sympathy from the audience, that b), the audience reactions to her initial appearance may have been edited in, and that b) she was not an absolute unknown and in fact was recruited to be on the show.
I’m aghast. Is reality television actually manipulated to make it more entertaining? Horrors! I don’t know how I’m going to go on, knowing this.
What’s next? Is somebody going to write an article revealing that professional wrestling is fake? Oh, the humanity.
