14 DAY TRIAL // Susan Boyle, the amazing singer who rose to fame when her audition for Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 was posted online, has revealed plans to adopt a child because she wants to offer a young soul the kind of life she never had.
A late bloomer, the singer, who has been dubbed an “Angel” for her beautiful voice, is aware that her decision might be derided by people online and in the media, but she doesn’t care: she wants to do it, the Daily Mail reports, citing an interview Susan herself gave to another British tab over the weekend.
“I have so much love to give”
Susan reveals she’s been considering adoption seriously for about a year, after first thinking of becoming a foster mom. However, she says, the latter implies parting ways with the child at one point, and that’s something she doesn’t want to experience.
Her goal in adopting is clear: she wants another soul to share her fortune, she wants to give back, she wants to help.
“I want to give a youngster what I didn’t have,” the singer explains. “I have so much love to give. I want to adopt a child who doesn’t have much, who I can really give something to. It’s a way of giving back for me.”
“I love children, I always have but I couldn’t have them. I want to give a youngster what I didn’t have. We’ll have to see what social services say, but it would make me so happy. I know I’m single and 50-odd. People don’t think I’m serious when I say it, they have a giggle at me. Let’s see,” she continues.
That’s all she would say on the topic, but given the kind of interest this has generated already, expect more details to emerge in the following days.
Susan Boyle, the unlikely but extremely popular star
It’s not just Susan’s amazing voice what captivated the attention of the international media since she broke on the scene, but also the fact that she has Asperger’s Syndrome and had learning difficulties as a child, which she was told were due to a lack of oxygen to the brain when she was born.
She often spoke candidly of how brutally she was bullied as a kid, how she felt she could never fit in, how she still couldn’t feel as if she did even if she was one of the most famous people on earth.
Susan Boyle, unlike most celebrities we have today, isn’t a neatly wrapped package, having managed to maintain her humanity and her individuality. She’s immensely relatable and is not ashamed to admit she has issues just like the rest of us, and this makes her even more loved.
Her decision to adopt will undoubtedly make her even more respected, because that’s just the kind of thing she does, and the kind of person she is. Consider this: she’s sold millions of albums, but she still lives in her old house, goes to church every Sunday and helps out elderly parishioners whenever she can, through volunteer work.
She is still the same Susan as before, only that now, people know her wherever she goes. And she’s rich – and willing to share that with a child who has nothing.