Friday, September 10, 2010
Charlotte Church
which will be published in 2007.
Church released an autobiography titled Voice of an Angel (My Life So Far), at the age of 14 (before the release of Enchantment and just after she had wrapped up her Dream a Dream Christmas CD). Her eventual change of music direction is foreshadowed in the final chapter, entitled "Turning Corners."
Controversy
Controversy surrounds the circumstances of the dismissal of Church's first manager, Jonathan Shalit. He was allegedly discharged from her representation in a letter faxed by Charlotte's mother; although allegations were later made by the Church family of "inappropriate tactile conduct" on the part of Mr Shalit, nothing ever came of them. Shalit subsequently sued for breach of contract and received an out-of-court settlement believed to be worth 2 million pounds sterling [9] (although the exact details were never released, as one of the parties to the matter was a minor and such details are protected under UK law).
Church has provoked controversy on some occasions with her comments and criticisms - in an interview with Davina McCall, Charlotte agreed that being diplomatic was "not in [her] nature".[10] Her remarks on the September 11, 2001 attacks drew some criticism.[11] More recently, the Daily Mail reported that the pilot episode of Church's new show, The Charlotte Church Show, provoked a backlash from some religious groups, as Church reportedly mocks the Roman Catholic Church and makes some controversial comments about Pope Benedict XVI, calling him a "Nazi" in reference to his compulsory time in the Hitler Youth and German Army, where he served briefly on an anti-aircraft battery.[12] One large Roman Catholic distributor of books, CDs and other goods, Ignatius Press, is reported to have pulled Church's products from its catalogue.[13]
Church in her video blog entry for 22nd March 2007, referred to the UK's Eurovision entry, Scooch, as "absolute shit" and went on to say "I've never seen shit like it, because Scooch are really shit". Russ Spencer of Scooch hit back saying "what a pity the voice of an angel has acquired the mouth of a sewer". Natalie Powers added "As a mother of a young child myself I find her behaviour and language quite unacceptable. What kind of role model is this for a mum-to-be?"
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