What the Heck Happened to Charlotte Church?
Remember sweet little Charlotte Church? She was the very young teenaged Welsh classical singer who stunned the world with her mature operatic voice in the late 90’s. Her sweet little innocent face graced the cover of her albums, like ‘Voice of An Angel’. She’s been quiet for a few years and in 2005 she came out with her first pop album, ‘Tissues & Issues’.
In the pilot of her new talk show, "The All New Charlotte Church Show", Charlotte Church dressed as a nun and pretended to "hallucinate while eating communion wafers imprinted with smiling faces signifying the drug Ecstasy." She called the German-born Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi and mocked the Catholic Church. She smashed open a statue of the Virgin Mary to reveal a can of hard cider inside, said she worshipped "St. Fortified Wine," and stuck chewing gum on a statue of the child Jesus. Ignatius Press made this statement:
“It is with regret that we do this. Miss Church possesses a great gift from God, and in the past she has used her talents to offer praise and glory to our Lord.
"But we cannot stand by a young woman who uses her stature in the media to mock the Eucharist, slander the Holy Father, and denigrate the vows of religious women.
“Therefore, our catalogues and website will immediately withdraw all compact discs, cassette tapes, DVDs and VHS tapes that feature Miss Church. Please join us in praying for this troubled young woman."
Church, 20, was raised a Catholic and sang for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican at the age of 12. Now she’s posed nude in several publications and is dissing the Catholic Church. Poor thing.
Cross-posted at Amy’s Blog: Bottom Line Up Front
August 8th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
She is also going out with Gavin Henson one of the stars of Welsh Rugby. (if you don’t what rugby is think American football with out the cissy padding and not being able to throw the ball forward). He is a bit of a muppet.
August 8th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Has she joined the satanic church yet? She sounds like a good candidate.
December 9th, 2006 at 8:23 am
so sad :-(
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December 16th, 2006 at 5:15 pm
Charlotte Church has never posed nude for any publications. While plenty of lads mags have tried and tried, she’s always refused point blank. She’s never even posed clothed for them.
Get your facts right.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 am
After being brought up by its ridiculous strictures, dissing the Catholic Church and all its stinking hypocrisy is the best thing she could. As for the girl herself, so you’ve noticed that she’s 20, but you still want her to behave like a 12 year-old. How sad is that?
March 16th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
I’ve recently listened to one of Charlotte’s older songs. Her voice was angelic and very inspiring. So, I decided to check on the web on how she was doing. Wow. I’m so sad that she’s not using her voice to the full. She should get herself surrounded by better producers. I can also see how strict religion must have pushed her to rebellion of some sort. Let’s pray that she will discover God in a deep and profound way that is only possible with one decision from deep within our hearts. John 3