Tearful Boyle ‘felt like quitting contest’

SUSAN Boyle has considered quitting Britain’s Got Talent altogether owing to the pressures of fame, show judge Piers Morgan said yesterday.

Morgan launched a defence of the 48-year-old, dubbed the Hairy Angel, who is the favourite to win, saying that she has been in “floods of tears” this week and suffering from almost crippling nerves.

Writing on his blog, Morgan said that “frightened rabbit” Boyle had fleetingly felt like throwing in the towel to escape all the attention.