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Shane Power

Sinead O'Connor has no regrets over ripping up picture of the pope

Sinead O'Connor said she has no regrets over ripping up a photo of the Pope on live TV insisting: “I didn’t throw away my career.”

The Dublin singer speaks about the 1992 controversy in new documentary Nothing Compares which is due for release on October 7. Sinead, 55, said she tore up Pope John Paul II’s picture because she had “f*** all” to lose – but she didn’t expect to receive death threats as a result.

She said: “They all thought I should be made a mockery of for throwing my career down the drain. I never set out to be a pop star, so I didn’t throw away any career.

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