Cher Lloyd is now a 'businesswoman', says X Factor contestants are people too
Cher Lloyd has to know she's fishing for trouble at the moment. Even the most stupid celebrities know that the first rule of Famous Club is that you don't complain about being in Famous Club, and yet here she is, explaining to the public why their behaviour towards her recently has been simply unacceptable.
On the plus side, most of the slurs aimed at her nowadays are related entirely to her abrasive, brattish personality rather than her gypsy background. Which in a way is a great step forward.
Unfortunately for Cher, she still doesn't seem to quite understand that if she wants to declare herself a businesswoman rather than a celebrity, she can't then spend her time talking about how awful the media and the public are. Remember Cher, the customer is always right.
"I'm not your average celebrity. I'm not a celebrity. I never ever will be. I'm not someone to get out of a cab with my drawers on show. I'm here to make music. I am a businesswoman. I'm in this to make a good life for myself."
"I was very stubborn back then. I put up a guard and I didn't want anyone to come near me. I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who showed interest in me. So I was a bitch, a real bitch. Knowing what I know now, I would've dealt with situations a lot more calmer.
"I was just so angry and frustrated that people had taken my life off of me, even though I had gone on the show. I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time. I just felt like I was doing something I loved, but there was another part of it that I absolutely hated."
"There was no way I can stick up for myself, because I know I did wrong. I didn't commit a crime or anything, but I did something wrong. I was a total brat. It's good to have attitude, but I see my attitude as passion now instead of just anger.
"Do you know what, I feel like I might as well say it, because it feels like no-one else has the balls to say it. We're known as public property, [but] just because we're singers and this is what we've dreamed of doing forever, it doesn't mean you can knock us to the ground and treat us like shit. We're real people. We're no different to you or other people, except we're doing what we love. And, believe me, it's hard work."
"People are negative no matter what you do. People are always going to say, 'She's too young [to get married]'. I'm from a Gypsy background! I'm meant to be married by now.
"I'm happy, really happy. I love him to pieces, more than anything in the world, but I don't want people to take that away from me. It's just a constant criticising; 'Oh, she should be doing that, she should be doing this'. I'm 18 years old. I know I've got my whole life ahead of me, but why not get hitched now?"
(Via Heat Magazine)
