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1st June, 2009, 04:46 AM
Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has been taken to the Priory clinic by paramedics following concerns over her mental health, a newspaper has claimed.
Producers of the talent show contacted police over concerns for the star's mental health after she had been behaving oddly in her London hotel, reports said.
She was then taken voluntarily to the exclusive Priory clinic by ambulance, The Sun newspaper claimed.
Last night producers of the talent show released a statement saying Boyle, 48, was "exhausted and emotionally drained" after Saturday's Britain's Got Talent final, where she came second after a public vote.
Despite reacting to her defeat modestly on screen, there were reports she had run amok backstage after the contest, screaming: "I hate this show."
Boyle, from Blackburn, West Lothian, is accused of swearing and throwing a cup of water over a floor manager who tried to calm her down.
This morning a Met spokeswoman told Sky News that police had been called at around 6pm last night to a central London hotel.
Doctors had been assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act at the hotel, and a decision was made to voluntarily take her to a clinic, the spokeswoman said.
There were no allegations that a crime had been committed, she added.
Boyle was beaten at the last hurdle during Saturday's final by Essex street dance group Diversity.
Yet despite coming second, experts predict the Scottish spinster could make up to ?6m in the next year from her fame.
She is adored in the US, where the video clip of her first audition has been watched millions of times on YouTube and she has celebrity admirers such as Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.
Moore even said she would fly to London to cheer Susan on during the BGT final.
Last week, a former psychologist on Channel Four's Big Brother told Sky News that Boyle was at risk of serious mental harm by her meteoric rise to fame.
David Wilson, professor of criminology at Birmingham City University, accused Britain's Got Talent producers of putting their needs ahead of Boyle's welfare.
He warned: "If we prioritise Susan Boyle's mental health needs then she should not go into the final because if she did, I don't believe the producers know how she will react.
"Whatever happens, the genie is out of the bottle. It's very difficult for her to return to the life she once had and therefore in those circumstances her long-term psychological needs must be accommodated by the programme makers.
"They've used Susan Boyle and now they need to make sure she gets the long term help she may need as a consequence of appearing on this programme.
Producers of the talent show contacted police over concerns for the star's mental health after she had been behaving oddly in her London hotel, reports said.
She was then taken voluntarily to the exclusive Priory clinic by ambulance, The Sun newspaper claimed.
Last night producers of the talent show released a statement saying Boyle, 48, was "exhausted and emotionally drained" after Saturday's Britain's Got Talent final, where she came second after a public vote.
Despite reacting to her defeat modestly on screen, there were reports she had run amok backstage after the contest, screaming: "I hate this show."
Boyle, from Blackburn, West Lothian, is accused of swearing and throwing a cup of water over a floor manager who tried to calm her down.
This morning a Met spokeswoman told Sky News that police had been called at around 6pm last night to a central London hotel.
Doctors had been assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act at the hotel, and a decision was made to voluntarily take her to a clinic, the spokeswoman said.
There were no allegations that a crime had been committed, she added.
Boyle was beaten at the last hurdle during Saturday's final by Essex street dance group Diversity.
Yet despite coming second, experts predict the Scottish spinster could make up to ?6m in the next year from her fame.
She is adored in the US, where the video clip of her first audition has been watched millions of times on YouTube and she has celebrity admirers such as Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.
Moore even said she would fly to London to cheer Susan on during the BGT final.
Last week, a former psychologist on Channel Four's Big Brother told Sky News that Boyle was at risk of serious mental harm by her meteoric rise to fame.
David Wilson, professor of criminology at Birmingham City University, accused Britain's Got Talent producers of putting their needs ahead of Boyle's welfare.
He warned: "If we prioritise Susan Boyle's mental health needs then she should not go into the final because if she did, I don't believe the producers know how she will react.
"Whatever happens, the genie is out of the bottle. It's very difficult for her to return to the life she once had and therefore in those circumstances her long-term psychological needs must be accommodated by the programme makers.
"They've used Susan Boyle and now they need to make sure she gets the long term help she may need as a consequence of appearing on this programme.