First, the country sniggered at Susan Boyle for having the audacity to stand on a stage without looking like one of The Saturdays, then they all let their jaws hit the ground when she sang an Elaine Paige song. Then she got a new leather jacket and everyone starting sniggering at her again. Sad times. Poor ol' SuBo has been through the mill but now, after a scrape with some idiots on a train, she's coming out fighting.
Boyle was apparently riding alone on a train journey home from Edinburgh to Blackburn (the one in West Lothian, not the town in Lancashire) on Sunday afternoon, when suddenly, she was set upon by fellow commuters who began laughing at her.
The Sun reports that she said: "I'm normally patient but I am about to greet, greet, greet. I don't normally get angry with people. I'm ashamed of you all - shut up. I'm warning you, it's not funny. You wouldn't like it."
A source said said: "Susan was minding her own business on the train. Some people were taking pictures. There were people laughing at her - it was not nice. People noticed she was sobbing. Something was upsetting her.
"She then turned to the people sitting opposite her and told them off. Susan certainly put them in their place - and good for her. It can't be easy dealing with the fame she has but she handled it well."
Good on you Ms Boyle!
