2023-07-27 10:26:00
The singer was known to suffer from bipolar disorder and had not had an easy time in life, moreover, she lost her beloved son in 2021. However, what is not so well known is how Sinéad O’Connor grew up.
Not only was she one of five children, but her parents were also divorced – the father left them and the mother prevented him from contacting the children, claiming that he was not interested in them. It is also reported that she resorted to physical abuse.
“When my father left us, she forced us to live in a shed she built in the garden. We cried for dad and she said if we loved him so much we could live in that shed. When it got dark, I cursed the ground outside and looked at her window to let us in. She didn’t answer and then the light went out in her bedroom and everything was engulfed in darkness. That’s when I officially lost my sanity and became afraid of how big the sky is.” described O’Connor in her book called Rememberings.
It was probably not the only traumatic experience from that time, but the singer’s mind forgot a lot of it and hardened. “When I think about it, my memories go black and I don’t remember anything after that, until I was walking in the garden with the judge and I was holding his hand and I didn’t want to say all the painful things that could have ended up being even more painful,” she recounted . She was subsequently placed in her father’s care, but she still couldn’t shake the anger that had built up in her when she thought he wasn’t interested in her. Although she said she liked his new partner, her words indicate that she did not respect her and did not listen to anything she said.
“I’m not a nice person, I’m a troublemaker. I dialed my father. The poor fellow throws me into the school and I go away by the other gate.” Sinead was always honest with herself. Not only did she skip school, but she also started shoplifting. “I got kicked out of about three schools in nine months. And I keep getting caught stealing. I will steal what is not nailed down. I don’t even know why…”
Shepherd or madman?
At the age of 15, Sinéad O’Connor was sent to an institution for her transgressions, where she was cared for by nuns. The special setting with a garden and a large church was named Magdalena, apparently in reference to the biblical Mary Magdalene, who lived a sinful life as a harlot before joining Jesus.
The singer described that there were a lot of other girls with her who, she said, their families didn’t want. Some were sick, others had problems, one girl under the age of 18 even gave birth to a baby in this “asylum”, that is, an institution (the word is also often used as an institution for the mentally ill). But they later took it from her and apparently gave it up for adoption without telling her where the child was…
The singer did not speak badly about this place, but it was clear that it was simply not home. She ran away from there several times, but at the same time she also returned there. It was also at that time that her musical talent was discovered, and perhaps this is what saved her in the end. She started boarding school and started going to her father’s house on weekends and holidays.
Torn photo of the Pope
However, her relationship with the nuns and the Catholic Church in general was marred by all of this. It was probably seen the most in 1992, when she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a live broadcast of Saturday Night Live. in response to the case of child abuse by church officials at the time. “Fight the True Enemy,” challenged the singer at the time, and in the eyes of the public she immediately turned into a demon or a sinner.
In fact, as she later admitted, her act had far more personal reasons. The photo she tore up belonged to her mother. “I always planned to destroy my mother’s photo of the Pope. She represented lies, liars and abuse,” explained.
Of course, the whole case had an impact on her public image and career, but she herself apparently saw it a little differently. So how did it affect her? “F***ing beautiful. There was no doubt who the bitch was. No one could mistake this woman for a pop star. People say, ‘You fucked up your career’, but they’re talking about the career they made for me. I prevented the recording studio people from buying that house in Antigua they wanted. I ruined their careers, not mine. I wanted to make a living by playing live and I was born for live performances,” one writer now shared the late singer’s view of the most controversial moment of her time. This is said to be part of an answer from an interview with the Guardian.
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