The Early Show: Gerry Boyle (brother)

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June 2, 2009

Gerry Boyle, Susan’s brother talked with Harry Smith on the Early Show. No video.

GERRY BOYLE:

[She] seems to be coming back to her old ways. And she’s fine. She’s anxious to come home, and she’s starting to be a bit more like herself, I’m pleased to say — eager to come home to Scotland from London, and just, you know — she seems to be on the way back. Which is marvelous.

[Her] biggest worry, after Saturday night, is … where does her career go from here? Will she be still accepted? She didn’t win the competition. Will people still want to hear her sing? And will there be a career for her as we stand here today?”

Did Susan suffer some sort of mental collapse?

GERRY BOYLE:

Anxieties were high. I think, you know, seven weeks of, not pressure, but certainly media-intensified attention, you know, someone who’s used to the media would find that difficult. And I think eventually exhaustion, worrying about the outcome of the competition, and anxiety just took [their] toll.

What Susan needs most now, he said, is to “return from London to Edinburgh … (to) come home to Blackburn, be at home for a couple of days. You know, be reunited with the now world-famous Pebbles cat, and have a good cup of Scottish tea, and then, you know, have a couple of days just to come back to normality, and then perhaps hear from the people who want to work with her, see if there’s any offers on the table, just establish where does her career go from here? But in the immediate few days, just have a couple of days off, Susan, and rewind and gather your thoughts and you’ll be fine.

Does he or Susan fell exploited by the media?

GERRY BOYLE:

It’s marvelous to have all this attention. To have all these warm feelings coming from across the country, across America, from, let’s face it — Susan seven weeks ago was simply a little lady from Scotland, and you know, she’s very grateful that the opportunities are now opening up for her. … hopefully, in the next few days, but I wouldn’t say the media exploited her. I think the media, as we look back, Susan will realize the media give her an opportunity.”

A clinical psychologist added his two cents.

DR JAMES OLIVER:

Producers will pick the flakiest, most exotic eccentric, strange people — some of whom are a bit depressed, some of whom lack identity and are very weird, and they will be put on the reality TV shows because, I’m sorry to say, (people) want to watch them.

Where do you think he placed Gerry’s sister?