Well there’s a surprise [Not]... erratic Mercy singer, Shirlena Johnson faces the chop from the reality programme, The X Factor after...wait for it...allegedly, medics claimed she suffers from severe mental illness and is in fact a ticking time bomb (as described by a professional).
Personally, I don’t think mental illness is any laughing matter...
Having covered the subject on the chat show, I understand that many sufferers of mental illness can fly below the radar and go for many years before their illness shows up BUT...in this case, I think it was patently obvious something was not 100% right with Shirlena from the outset.
She took to the stage in a bizarre ensemble and proceeded to deliver her interpretation of Duffy’s classic, Mercy in a manner one can only describe as strange.
Not only was her the singing mortifying, her whole presence on stage made me feel a bit uneasy – to be honest.
This woman was not together!
Maybe it was the way she desperately declared she was a single mom of one daughter called Mariah, claimed she had been singing since age 18 and that she felt it was time to give her daughter the life she deserved or, maybe it was just something in her eyes...whatever it was, I think we all knew!
When Simon declared ‘It was like musical exorcism, I have to say I love you – you’re completely crazy, but I like that. You are fantastically nuts’ [sic], the crowd roared with approval but I don’t think Simon himself realised how close he had come to the truth – or maybe he did!
The irony is, in the following days, Shirlena herself admitted to a daily newspaper, that she believes she is a little bit nuts and is definitely possessed with something [sic]
Hmmmmmm....not good!
So, what happens next?
Do they quietly let Shirlena leave the programme and attempt to slip back into obscurity with help and guidance or do they let her carry on and risk sending her over the edge and subsequently losing her daughter?
She seems like a lovely lady that cares deeply for her daughter, so let’s hope she gets what she deserves.
A little part of me, wants to think the whole zany display on Saturday was just for show....I would like to believe that BUT somehow, I think she was for real.
Check out the video of her performance on the X Factor below and decide for yourself:
1 comment:
There is no question that she is a couple of screws loose. That performace says it all.
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