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Sinead O’Connor to boycott Women’s Hour after “offensive and misogynistic” interview

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Sinead O’Connor has announced plans to boycott BBC’s Woman’s Hour after an interview which she found to be “offensive and misogynistic”.The Irish singer spoke to host Emma Barnett on Tuesday morning (June 1) to discuss her new memoir Rememberings.However, their chat took an awkward turn when Barnett mentioned that The Telegraph‘s music critic Neil McCormick had described O’Connor as “the crazy lady in pop’s attic”.O’Connor, who has changed her birth name to Shuhada Sadaqat, replied: “I think it’s a bit extreme to make the Jane Eyre comparison, I don’t think I’ve ever been perceived as ‘the crazy lady in pop’s attic’ as represented in Jane Eyre…“It’s not like I’m trying to attack people with knives or trying to strangle people while I’m.

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