Pop star Susan Boyle is suffering a cash crisis, after her management restricted her ability to withdraw her earnings, according to a report in the UK's News of the World.
Despite rocketing to fame on Britain’s Got Talent and making a number one album, the singer has complained to relatives that she is required to live off an allowance of $A520 a week."
This puts Boyle in the company of some of Britain's lowest paid workers, including hospital cleaners.
According to the news report, she is not allowed to have a credit card, her management have barred her from withdrawing extra cash from the bank, she is forced to buy cheap clothes from supermarket Tesco and she has to travel by bus.
The singer's brother, Gerry Boyle, told the News of the World: "When Susan realised she can't just walk into a bank and take out her own money she had a fit because she thought she was down to her last few quid.
"Her millions are ring-fenced but Susan has no concept of money. She was extremely distressed. She lives in fear of losing everything and returning to her old life before she made it big."
She has a new house, but according to her brother, she does not have enough money to furnish it.
Despite selling 8.5 million copies of her debut album, Boyle's allowance is equivalent to an annual salary of $A27,000.
According to Gerry Boyle, "Susan doesn't look as if she's a successful international chart star. She's lonely and downtrodden. And she's got this paranoia that she's going to go back to square one, back to where she was before Britain's Got Talent."
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