Susan Boyle: quit live shows

Simon Cowell has admitted that "the situation" with Susan Boyle was not handled as well as it could have been as the Britain's Got Talent runner-up pulled out of more live shows.


Boyle (48) missed a show in Nottingham on Friday to take a "rest day" but was still expected to perform in London last night.


Cowell admitted: "Looking back on it all, it has become clear to me that we didn't handle the situation with Susan as well as we could have.


"Yet, to be honest, I don't know that I could have done it any differently."


He said he met Boyle's family last week and asked their opinion about whether she should have been allowed to continue competing once it became clear that she was finding it stressful.