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Boyle was 'bullied over her looks'
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Speaking to Star magazine she said she thought she looked "like a garage" on TV, but vowed: "I'm happy the way I am - plump!"
The Scottish spinster, who lives with her cat Pebbles, said she was "much better looking" than Paul Potts, a previous winner.
She told the magazine she fancies Cowell "like the rest of the country!" She said: "I never fancied anyone that much but now I want to go out with Piers. I'd choose him over Simon Cowell because he has such a lovely baby face."
Boyle, who had her hair curled especially for the show and wore a dress she had bought for her nephew's wedding, said she had been too embarrassed to tell Morgan how she felt.
Her rendition of 'I Dreamed a Dream' from the musical 'Les Miserables' made her the red-hot favourite to walk away with the television programme's £100,000 prize, and she was asked if Cowell had offered her a deal yet.
She said she had been for a meeting with music label Sony BMG but added: "I can't comment on that at the moment. Simon's a good man. I trust him and I'd be happy to work for him."
Boyle said she would be very humbled to perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance. She said: "She's a very beautiful lady."
Boyle said she was called names as a youngster because of her fuzzy hair and difficulties keeping up in class.
She said of the verbal bullying: "Words often hurt more than cuts and bruises and the scars are still there."
But she added: "The ones who were mean to me then are now nice to me. I still see the kids I went to school with because we all live in the same area. They accept me now. And look at me - I've had the last laugh."
Boyle has scored more internet hits than President Obama's historic victory speech on election night, according to Visible Measures, a company which specialises in measuring the consumption and distribution of Internet video.
US-based Visible Measures said that as of 20 April, there have been more than 100 million views of video clips relating to Susan Boyle.
These include more than 850 clips related to her performance on Britain's Got Talent, interviews with numerous news organisations, and her rendition of "Cry Me A River" from 1999.
It said she has averaged over 18 million views a day since Friday.
President Obama's historic victory speech on election night attracted 18.5 million views, Visible Measures said.
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