Morrissey Slams Sinead O'Connor Tributes: 'You Hadn't the Guts to Support Her When She Was Alive'

etonline.com:

Sinead O'Connor's death.The 64-year-old singer took to his blog on Wednesday to call many of the tributes hypocritical and questioning why those who called her an «icon» and «legend» in their tributes to O'Connor didn't have the guts to support her when she was still alive.«She had only so much 'self' to give.

She was dropped by her label after selling 7 million albums for them. She became crazed, yes, but uninteresting, never. She had done nothing wrong.

She had proud vulnerability … and there is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death — when, finally, they can’t answer back,» Morrissey began of O'Connor's tumultuous time in the music industry. «The cruel playpen of fame gushes with praise for Sinead today … with the usual moronic labels of 'icon' and 'legend.' You praise her now ONLY because it is too late.