Susan Boyle has left the Priory

Susan Boyle has left the Priory
Susan Boyle has left the Priory

Troubled Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle has reportedly left the Priory clinic where she was recuperating from an anxiety attack and exhaustion. Her brother, Gerry Boyle, told GMTV that his sister was 'much happier' and was staying with him in a flat in central London. "She's much happier. She's seems a lot more like herself," he said. Boyle said people had reassured her that it 'wasn't the end' for her singing career when she finished in Saturday's competition and then reportedly became hysterical backstage. Gerry added: "Things are becoming clearer for her now. She's now beginning to believe that, 'Yes indeed, I will be a singer'." It's still unclear whether she will join the Britain's Got Talent tour, which begins next Friday. A spokeswoman for Susan told the BBC: "At this stage we're not saying anything. Susan is still recovering and we ask to respect her privacy."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.