'Susan Boyle loses her cool'

London, May 28 (IANS) Frumpy Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has been unleashing four-letter word expletives that have shocked onlookers, a British newspaper reported Thursday.

The Sun said the 48-year-old self-confessed virgin, dubbed the Hairy Angel by British tabloids, went into a meltdown in front of hundreds of guests at the northwest London hotel that is the venue of the hit television show, Britain's Got Talent.

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The paper said police had to intervene Wednesday after she lashed out at two strangers who were apparently trying to 'wind her up' - annoy her.

The singer was heard to roar: 'How f***ing dare you! You can't f***ing talk to me like that.'

One officer told her: 'You are in the public eye, you must learn to expect this sort of thing.'

A pal of Susan's told the star: 'You can't act like this'.

The paper said Susan also flew into a rage Tuesday night after judge Piers Morgan praised her 12-year-old rival, Shaheen Jafargholi, for the top prize.

Shaheen, who wowed the judges with a song from the musical Dreamgirls, was told by Piers: 'I think that, pound for pound, that was the best singing performance we've seen so far.'

Fellow-judge Simon Cowell added: 'You are a real contender in the competition.'

Susan - watching the contest on the hotel bar's TV with Shaheen's pals, family and show fans - stood and screamed 'f*** off' before flicking a 'V' at the screen and storming out.

More than 100 people saw her tantrum, the Sun reported.

An onlooker told the paper: 'Everyone staying at the hotel gets on really well - it's like one big happy BGT family - so everyone was shocked by her outburst.'

Boyle became an overnight global sensation on her very first appearance in the contest in April, when she sang I Dreamed A Dream from the musical, Les Miserables.