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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

‘You hadn’t the guts to support her’: Morrissey decries music industry after Sinéad O’Connor’s death

‘She was harassed simply for being herself’ … Sinéad O'Connor and Morrissey.
‘She was harassed simply for being herself’ … Sinéad O'Connor and Morrissey. Composite: Emmanuel Joffet/Sipa/Shutterstock/Claudio Cruz /AFP/Getty Images

Morrissey has written a vociferous tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor, decrying the media and music industry over a lack of support for the singer.

Praising her “proud vulnerability”, he writes on his website: “There is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death – when, finally, they can’t answer back […] You praise her now ONLY because it is too late. You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you.

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