The picture on the left is posed, lighted, painted, dodged, burned, airbrushed, bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated.
As has the soul to the right. It's amazing what a few years of partying does to some child stars
Posted on 07/18/2006 7:26:56 PM PDT by Antioch
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Charlotte Sparks One Holy Row
July 16, 2006
By Marc Baker for Wales on Sunday
Charlotte Church has sparked a holy row by dressing up as a drunk, drug-taking nun in her new chat show.
The Crazy Chick, who was raised as a Catholic, smashed a statue of The Virgin Mary and stubbed chewing gum out on the face of the baby Jesus in a shocking comedy sketch she recorded for last week's pilot of her Channel 4 TV debut.
And in a sensational swipe at the Royals, religious leaders and statesmen - to whom the Voice of an Angel sang as a child - Charlotte branded the Pope a "Nazi" and made jokes about The Queen, Princess Diana, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela.
Security was supposed to be tight as the 20-year-old recorded The All New Charlotte Church Show in London on Wednesday.
But Wales on Sunday sneaked into the 630-strong audience to catch her live and unleashed.
The multi-millionairess hopes to spark a Friday night ratings war with BBC One chat king Jonathan Ross if Channel 4 commissions a series.
But last night, Welsh religious leaders blasted Charlotte for dressing up as a nun in a sketch which saw her taking communion wafers in the shape of smiley face ecstasy tablets.
Naughty Sister Charlotte popped the pill-shaped biscuits after being offered them by ex-EastEnders bad boy Nick Cotton, played by actor John Altman.
His character, Sister Dave, said, "This s*** is good, want some?" before Charlotte replied, "Love it! I love nunning".
The pair then pretended to hallucinate before taking part in a chapel rave.
Charlotte - who sang to Pope John Paul II when she was 12 - also smashed open a statue of The Virgin Mary in the sketch to reveal a hidden can of Strongbow cider.
And in a cheeky nod to her binge-drinking days, Charlotte joked how she also worships Saint Fortified Wine and Saint Thunderbird, a brand of super- strength wine.
Last night, her naughty nun performance sparked outrage within the Catholic Church in Wales.
Reverend Edwin Regan, Bishop of the Wrexham Roman Catholic Diocese, said: "I would not want to give her any publicity if this is the kind of thing she is doing."
And in an aside to her blonde classical rival, he added: "I wish she had turned out the way Katherine Jenkins has."
Bosses at TV production firm Monkey Kingdom - which made Charlotte's chat show pilot - declined to comment.
A spokesman said: "We are saying nothing. This was a non-transmittable pilot which has yet to be delivered to Channel 4 who have yet to decide to commission a series."
But the show is sure to shock Charlotte's army of older fans if it is ever aired.
On Wednesday, hundreds of devotees turned up to sit in the audience at ITV1's studios, the home of GM:TV.
During the three-hour recording session - which saw Charlotte repeatedly fluff her lines and turn the air blue with bad language - the motormouth singer took a swipe at a host of celebs.
Cheered on by mum Maria and step-dad James, Charlotte branded Victoria 'Posh Spice' Beckham "thick as two short planks" and called Pirates of the Caribbean beauty Keira Knightley a "scrawny bird".
The audience's jaws also dropped as she ordered lookalikes of the Queen, Mother Teresa, the Pope and Nelson Mandela to be hosed down with water.
Alongside her guests, TV stars Davina McCall, Eamonn Holmes, Trisha Goddard, Corrie actress Sally Lindsay and This Morning host Fern Britton as guests, Charlotte looked terrified as the cameras rolled.
Admitting she was "sh***ing herself", she was cheered on by her "Cardiff posse" who made the trip to London in a coach.
Words of support also came from Maria, who shouted, "Mum's here!" while her Wales rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson sat backstage throughout.
Before recording began, Charlotte apologised to her grandparents Edward and Maureen Cooper, saying there would be lots of swearing.
Last night, Channel 4 said no decision had been taken on whether to commission the show.
Didn't Sinead O'Connor do all this twenty years ago--just before her carer went into the toilet?
"career"
I don't know the actual facts. If she said it in character, I'd suggest adding "(TV character)", but I don't know if that's true.
Someone above got it right. Her mature voice is not very interesting.
Another child star gone wrong.
It's trivial to photograph folks so as to make them look bad. Doesn't tell us anything about them.
She just couldn't cut it as an artist. Her voice did not develop.
O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live while shouting, "Fight the real enemy".
Her career did indeed go into the toilet after that. She also had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide not too long after that incident.
It's funny, her career was soaring up to that moment, and she's never been the same since.
What a contrast!
The Voice of an Angel told The Sun: "I'm from a Catholic family. But I don't like this new Pope - he even wants to ban Harry Potter. He says it's because it's full of witchcraft and other bad stuff." She added: "If he bothered to sit down and read it, he'd understand the morals of it.
And if Charlotte bothered to sit down and read her catechism for the first time, she'd understand the morals of it too.
This isn't a really breaking news here... It's just a classic post child-star fall from grace ala Danny Bonaduce. What IS different is her anti-Catholic jump the shark moment played out across the tabloids. If she really believed the Eucharist was the body of our Lord, acting or no acting, she would never have denigrated it. And to trash the religious orders of her own Church by ridiculing a nun on tv is something else. We expect this nonsense from Bill Maher, he sold his soul and that's his shtick, but this is a woman who was raised to her high station in life by the musical treasures of the Church she now spits on. Ignatius Press has the best suggestion-pray for her
"Who strikes at the Pope, dies!"
–Pope Pius XI
Ok. Instead of worrying about she looks, how about the things she said. I could care less how looks, but what she says speaks alot about the person she is.
The picture on the left is posed, lighted, painted, dodged, burned, airbrushed, bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated.
As has the soul to the right. It's amazing what a few years of partying does to some child stars
I think she may be bipolar. Her behavior is typical of that disorder.
She's certainly not all there.
Completely reprehensible.
I must say, I have no idea who that is.
When I saw the headline I thought a church in Charlotte, NC was being quoted.
Yes, and it's very sad, but predictable, that a child who achieved so much success so early in life would find herself and her career in the toilet.
Especially with such a "mum" as she apparently has.
There is stupid and there is evil, and then there's stupid and evil.
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